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Caste system is a tricky cookie!
by Mayya Suresh on May 09, 2007 07:08 AM   Permalink

Any argument stops at caste system. You speak about inequalities between man and woman with a muslim he points out caste system and the discussion stops. Caste system has been abused time and again. What was a pure classification of profession that contributes to the society has now become a hierarchical one and then there is this history, which our politicians are using it to their advantage.
When it comes to education instead of all these complications I suggest only general category. People regardless of caste if qualified can get the seats. People who cannot afford the education can get the same with partial or total assistance from the goverment....end of story. By the way, that's how a lot of Indians get their degree in US., financial assitance in the name of research assitantships etc. If indeed government is worried about backward "classes" they should introduce programs to bring them to the mainstream within a fixed time frame (any product must have a date of expiry). However, forced inception of incompetencies into our schools of knowledge is definetely not the best way to achieve that.
And then there is this talk of our elected representatives not getting a free run over the judiciary. Many of these elected representatives go ahead with their vested interests with some superficial assistance from the beauracracy. It is quite obvious they get frustrated when they are lectured from people who are competent to argue.

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