&quot;Sharma saw it as part of a broader issue of homogeneity in Silicon Valley, a region run by a narrow set of oligarchs who famously eschew hiring women or people of color.&quot;<p>Hyperbole much?.  Silicon Valley has plenty of women and &#x27;people of color&#x27;, especially from India.<p>India still has a caste system, which makes it nearly impossible for anyone from a lower caste to become successful.<p>I have plenty of friends that were forced to escape this system because if they didn&#x27;t, it would mean a lifetime of poverty.<p>On top of this, the level of corruption is so high in most government institutions, it scares most investors.  This corruption is keeping the caste system in place.<p>Were they better with colonialism?  Perhaps not, but the current system sure isn&#x27;t doing much for the people of India.