They're going to Iraq or Afghanistan immediately upon commissioning in their OBC - their Officer Basic School - and then being sent back again, and so we are already seeing signs of strain in the Army as well as in the Marine Corps.

NPR: Marine Recall Prompts Questions over Iraq Stress

However, ownership of business among OBC's - an acronym for Other Backward Castes or the "middle castes" who "neither suffering the extreme social and economic discrimination of the Scheduled Castes, nor enjoying the social privileges of the upper castes" - has grown.

BBC: Caste and entrepreneurship in India