ie reservation pushing us back by 100 years?so says bharat. is the south today better than the north? from the 1920s ,reservation has been implemented in the south. whereas in the north,it was not? now,does the different levels of development tell u anything? think. why are there 250 engg colleges in tamilnadu,200 each in karnataka and ap? can it have something to do with the majority of the people feeling that education is important? how did that feeling develop in the south? because the rulers here have realised the needs of the people. up and bihar are only now getting rulers who are aware of the peoples needs. the only way that the upper castes can clain discrimination is because they are not able to compete with the reserved category in the open competition. if they score more than the other categories in open competition,they will have enough seats proportional to their population. now,why are they lacking? are they first generation students? are they having low self esteem? are they struggling to make both ends meet? if that is the case,they can visit this webpage and claim representation in reservation. surely ,the concerned communities can take concerted action .we are not having evil rulers who want to stop the growth of the upper castes at any cost.when there is a justifiable problem,how can a democracy not act upon it? as the information about upper castes being slowly pushed out of the general category gains ground,steps will be taken to correct the condition.upper caste students near the bc quota cutoff mark will gain.