The author is perfectly right. Till today, I did not know or bother what was the caste of my collegue, classmate or friend. Now, when I see entrance exams lists, I will see two sections, clearly marking who came in through quota and who did so on merit. The person's caste will be there for all to see. And I wil know, and be deeply aware , that the person who I shared my meals with is an OBC with 50% marks who was given things on a platter, when many of my deserving friends perhaps committed suicide though they got 80% marks, simply because of the misfortune of their birth in a non SC/ST/OBC family.
forget Brahmins, Dalits, Bhumihars, Harijans, Kayasthas...India is going to have just two castes now- the quota priviledged and the slogging meritocrat.
