Reservation - The story you wish were true
Disclaimer – I am the worst category in terms of reservation – Category – GENERAL, Sex – MALE. I am not writing this to vent my anger towards the reservation system. I just want to understand whether it serves the purpose it was supposed to as envisioned by Babasaheb Ambedkar. I have very good friends who are from reserved category and that fact has never created any problems between us. I am not a statistician; numbers quoted are taken from government reports and published reports from renowned publication like WSJ. I duly apologize to all my friends if they are hurt by reading this. It is not meant as a personal attack. I wish our friendship remains as strong as it has been over the years. 2001 was the year which brought me face to face with reservation. I had cleared my 12 th and was gearing up for the rounds in VRCE (Now VNIT). That was the first time I heard terms like SC/ST, Girls Quota, Minority Quota, J&K Quota. I had many friends who were classified in one of
