Shall we be ablle to compete with the world if merit is to replaced with caste for admission to professional courses and higher education? We will have to shed the vote bank policies of the political parties which have grown weaker over the years and left with no exciting agenda for wooing the voters for coming into or for remaining in power. This is true more for the old gaurd who have played their innings for a long time and now create space for the younger generation to take command of the national issues. Please have pitty and do not plan to hand over the country to them in a no-cure condition. All the political leadership of all the parties above 75 years of age should retire and hand over the reigns of the party to younger generation of leadership.Is anybody hearing to set an example? Jugraj Dhillon