RE:Reply given by Shri Shravan Kumar on Jan 25, 2007 04.03 AM He has stated that: The point about 2000 years is silly, absurd and ridiculous. In the last 700 years India has been ruled by foreigners from Mughals to Britishers and in the last 50 years we have our own rule, so don't tell me you need more years to become like anyone and anyways why should a generation which was not part of your 2000 years claim pay for it? Now, everyone is equal and has access to education. So, don't go on saying that some one way back 2000 years ago was exploited and now the entire country needs to pay the price for it. Grow up guys, we are in the 21st century, don't let the next generation say that we were exploited and mis-treated by reservation, so we need protection. There is no end to this ridiculous game.
Why the present generation is sticking to the 2000 year old caste system. Also, 700 years of foreigners' rule in India has not changed the caste system. Why should the generation which was not part of the said 2000 years still divide the people of the nation on the basis of castes? How come that everyone is equal. It just makes feel good, and is just in the paper. The society is no so. Why the caste system is followed in all functions, from birth - through marriages - to even after death? If we claim that we are in the 21st Century, do we Indians rationally behave and throwing the caste system to the wind?
There would be an end to this riduculous game, if ALL INDIANS cast off the caste system!
