iam very sad to read such a short sighted ostrich minded article by Prof M S Gopinathan . he is no doubt tecnically superior intellectual but poor in his grasp of indian socio-politico-economic dynamics . such intellectuals are cut of from contemporary social reality and live in their own elitist ideas generated in airconitioned atmosphere no matter if they are born in dalit ,tribal or backward cates. castebased bias in our society is a bitter reality and shamefully these intellectuals deny it.i request every rediffian to go through recent praful bidwai's article on this issue or writings of scholors such as gail omvedt , mark gallanter etc for a broader perspective. my heart bleeds when as a journalist i become witness to horrible plight of people who encounter implicit discrimination on the tacit grounds of caste ,religion and gender where as a small chunk of mediocres thrive with their cash ,caste,connections based 'merit'.may be we should wake up quickly to undo this centuries old monstrous legacy by giving the deprieved their due or else face severe social unrest.
