I am glad that people are now suddenly empathised about the lack of schools in villages. Lets first do that and empower the uneducated, and THEN the crutches will not be needed.
Your reference to "Canada does not ask me my caste etc" only goes to show your simplistic view of the Indian situation. India is filled with middle-class mindset, that just does not want to address the complicated problem of caste-system, but is very much interested in hiding it by wishing that the govt did not ask for their caste. Your article seem to share the same mindset.
