That is strange. I have never been asked my caste till date.
My father actually split his name into two parts to make the first part his name and the second part his surname. He thought that would serve the purpose. The irony was that the second part of the name also turned out to be a caste surname.....only not of a caste from kerala
So now my surname comes across as a non malayalee
and the greatest irony was that my new surname turns out to be the equivalent of Nair in a different state !!!!
Sometimes facts are stranger than fiction.