I agree with your view that social status in the current era are not tied to Caste. The goverment should actually redefine the term backward class based on Social status and not on caste. I also have a stern view which people think is too radical. I beleive that if people would like to take up reservations based on cast then the upper caste (those who cannot avail of these reservations) be allowed to treat the availers (so called schedule) of the reservation as inferior to them, after all that is their pretext of availing the reservation.
