Ram Kelkar has really thrown some light on the real problem of the issue...it is the backward class not caste...
here I would like to say few words about myself...I have come from so called forward caste..I completed my schooling in a village..my father could not afford a school fee of Rs. 400 per annum and therefore put me in a government school. I passed out X standard in 1992. I never got proper time to spend for studying. after school hours I used to go to field and during holidays I used to work in fields. my conditions did not permit me to play also..either work or study still I stood first through out schooling..
after tenth I did diploma..just because I got 51 st rank in that....after diploma my parents could not afford engineering...so I started doing jobs but conscience used to struggle a lot to do higher education..I read about CS in news papers and enquired...I enrolled for CS. I used to give tutions for my survival and completed CS with lot of struggles....
why I am narrating all this is I did not get any support from any angle either from family or goverment...I used to live in pathetic conditions during education..
at the same time...I have seen my friends...so called back ward classes they used to get schollar ships for them getting seat is not a problem after that they get good amount of schollar ships. I have seen friends after their education their join some course only for scholarships...
government is not bothered whether they really required it or not...they just make reservations and scholarships based on caste..this is really a crime...
may god give our politicians the conscience to make them to understand that there are innumerable poor people from forward castes..and innumerable rich people from so called backward castes..
In my village, when I generally assess how much percentage in forward caste are poor..astonishingly I found..more than 50% are poor...
the percentages may vary from place to place and caste to caste...but backwardness must be based on their economic class not on caste.
Current situation in India, is whoever is economically strong...he/she or that group is dominating in all areas, whether education, politics, business, jobs, etc...and whoever is economically weak are surrendering and becoming slaves..no matter which caste they belong to..
