Though I would personally advocate equality, I believe there is an urgent need for quota system in our country to bring the under privileged on par with the privileged. But I do not understand the basis of bifurcation of quotas into SC/ST/OBC etc... I think there should be just one category and more over if the father and/or mother in the family has availed quota benefits then their off- springs should not be eligible for the same. The responsibility of empowering the family should be borne by one person this will ensure that the system will act to uplift the whole community and not be cornered by a few. We should also provide all necessary tools to empower the underprivileged in their quest to come out of the shadow of caste based system. For people who don't agree to my views, I ask will you be willing to accept a underprivileged as a priest in your temple? If empowering financially the oppressed people is what we are planning to carryout out with the quota system, the system will fail. If changing the mentality of people is what we plan to achieve then success will surely be ours. All quota systems should be designed to join the people and break the caste system. Doing anything short of this will be a total fiasco with no enviable results in the end.
