People from lower castes are not unintelligent. They are as capable intellectually as their upper class brethren. The entire approach to the emancipation of lower classes via reservations is inherently flawed, and in my personal opinion, an insult to people from lower classes. India nurtures dreams of becoming a global super power, yet we fail to provide decent primary and secondary education to all citizens of the nation free or nearly free of cost. We nurture dreams of becoming a global superpower but we cannot abolish child labour. Abolish child labour, make education free and compulsory up to a certain age, and provide financial help to students from poor financial backgrounds so that they wont be deprived of education due to a lack of funds. Oh, and please, none of those excuses of people always filing low income tax returns and then claiming financial aid in colleges. That's another department we, as a nation, could use some serious work in. People should be taxed for what they earn that should not be allowed to weasel out of paying it. If all of these steps are sincerely executed, we will not only maintain a tradition of rewarding merit in academic circles, but also help eradicate the negative effects of the caste system by providing educational opportunities to students from lower classes.
Of course, this entire argument is based on the assumption that reservation quotas exist to sincerely facilitate in the emancipation of lower classes in India. This is an assumption I greatly doubt.
