TAMILNADU expects & supports reservations at the core level. Reason is very simple. Tamil Nadu is the one and only state that has banned the use of caste name (surname) with mainnames and the identification is by initials (normally by father's name. the initial expands to their native place for more specification purpose). the second major step by the TAMIL culture was to thwart & Subdue the BRAHMINS (called as IYERS, Iyengars, Shastris, Varmas etc). To control the economic & educational growth being enjoyed by the Brahmins & the other forward castes. the other forwar castes are domiciles of andhra (some subcastes from reddy, naidu, naiker etc). the politics of tamil nadu was so powerful that they made people of tamil nadu feel proud to say themselves as backward.This is the prime reason where reservations has gained momentum. take an instance of the GOUNDER community which forms over 18 % of the Tamil population. The GOUNDERS have many titles viz the Gounder, Palli, Padayatchi etc. they are almost LAND LORDS and ZAMINDRS. they are equivalent to the THAKURS of UP. A Thakur in UP is not a backward. but the GOUNDER is a listed backward and he is proud to say so. Some subsects withing backward are put under the MOST BACKWARD community. the health miniser is a gounder and belongs to Backward community and hence the support. when an analysis is done, the THAKURS and their equivalent around the country view for the 66% seats (100% - 18% SC - 9% ST - 7% EX-servicemen). when 27% reservation is done, the thakurs will be left only with 66-27 = 49% to vie for. Whereas the equivalent gounders of tamil nadu who have the analogous economic status & education status of that of thakurs have a good fortune with the 27% available. now their hold gets a quantum upgrade. the same thing happened in the government jobs. the POST-MANDAL IAS inputs from Tamil nadu had been marginal raise. It is a simple calculation. assume there is a running race for under 30 years people and a running race for above 40 years people. assume the young under 30 person runs in the over 40 group. he has a fair chance of a comfortable win. this is the situation now. more so, the converted christians take the quota of Adi Dravidas grouping and they are into the jobs & studies. if the government studies the case carefully, of that of teh AIIMS fiasco, it is clear. Probably Dr.Venugopal is a Brahmin (Palgat). the hatered for brahmins from the heart of gounders came forewared and it happened in Delhi, venugopal is in trouble. moreover caste of a tamilian cannot be identified from his name. VENUGOPAL is the name of KRISHNA and everyone has it. it is the caste polity which blows the cans. REDIFF may probably try to investigate which they may not. PS. I am a backward tamilian.
