brilliantly said, professor! in my own life i have seen few friends of mine who had the pride to walk away from the reservation benefits and happily undertook the grind! they came out with flying colours and today are doing extremely well professionally. their self-esteem is deserved! i salute them. Speaking of others, who walked the "backdoor entry"....they are somewhere lost in the wilderness....not even one who has achieved of some success to even be mentioned of.
I wish people like you and me can join hands and start building an India, where we can be who we want to be...not what the politicians wants us to be