And you all must have seen such stories around you. I and My brother started off from a certain section of the society. The section where the so called "OBC", "SC", "ST" lived. We spent our childhood in this locality. All was well, till my brother landed passing his 10th standard in the first class. I was still in the 8th class. The cut-off in the college, for science, was 68% and my brother had scored 67%. He did not get admision in the College. BUT, here was a neighbour, who got admision in the same college. At what percentage marks? Hold your breath, 38%. WHY? You know why. We all started from the same social background. We studied together in the same places. My brother had nothing superior to this SC fellow, other than the brain perhaps. So why did my brother did not get admission and why did he get? And for the first time in my life the seed of hatered was sown in my little head. No, my parents did not teach me reservation, but the reservation system DID. Cut to 2005: My brother is a MBA, PMP, etc etc and leading a successful life. One day we were travelling in our Honda City and we saw that neighbour, and guess what? All the reservation and college admission in science didnt seem to have helped him. He was standing in the BUS que! What did the government achieve? other than planting the seeds of hatered in me?
