While analysing the Reservation system in TN, following points are also to be noted :
a) Upper Castes are a miniscule number in TN & hence are silent sufferers of the Reservation system.
b) No one in TN speaks against the system not because they "accept" the policy but out of sheer fear.
c) TN has seen worse. In year 1990, there was a rule which provided additional "5" marks for SC/ST/BC/OBC students whose parents were not graduates. God knows how many promising careers were crushed because of this rule
d) Another indicator is the large number of CA/ICWA/CS students come out of TN. Since the so called upper castes can't get into Engineering or Medical streams they settle for the commerce group & thus get into CA/CWA/CS which don't have any reservation system.
e)The bedrock of the Dravidan politics has always been hatred towards a particular community & hence it is no wonder that such a system thrives.
f) Despite all this, no one would dare asking P Chidambaram why his son married an Iyengar girl when he could have selected anyone from the so called SC/ST/BC/OBC/MBC communities.
