dear Mr.Swaminathan "You are bright, because others all dull !!". In the same way "some are forward/uppercaste till you believe that you are backward".Who is discriminating whom?????? Is it not self discrimnation??? It takes only one chance & pure will to come up in life.Take the example of a great musician Mandolin Srinivas,from backward community,his forefathers also should have been harassed but see him now & imagine his progeny.It takes only one life time to improve self & family. But if you get used to reservations (60 years Atleast 2 generations) you cannot improve even if you are given 80% reservations & still take pride in calling yourselves backward.