utkal - i agree with you. in fact i was also going to say about jews in us being in minority. seriously i was. good to see some responses from this side. by the way do people know that in pakistan the religious minorities have reservation in parliment etc and in medical colleges. i have not heard of any of these socalled 'merit people' brethren fore-going or giving up medical seats since it was not merit. i mean let us face it and put ourselves out of misery. it is not about merit, it is about our interests. and that is fine and understandable. so let us get things straight about ourselves.