Quota - Quoted Epithet

India has been a free secular republic since 1950. I mean it. I have to repeat this statement at least a thousand times to remind myself of this fact. Let me come to the point. The very idea of introducing quota was to help those specific communities destitute of a stable standard of living to gain ground. Now that was justifiable because India had just disengaged from the clutches of colonial powers and was struggling to bring all her subjects at par in living standards.

We have now crossed 50 years of independence. We seem to have accomplished a few key goals that our leaders envisioned, and yes our constitution and governing policies have provided ample space for everyone in this country to grow and to gain ground in the last five decades. We are now seen as a nation developed in all capacities. So why continue to be partial towards so called "Backward Caste"? If we call ourselves as beyond caste and creed, why still give preferences in the name of caste? You learn that the caste system has been abolished in India while your admission into the school was based on a caste quota. What an irony!

A quota of 27% reserved seats for those who would proove that they belong to a backward caste. Isn't that a self instilled insult? Does this happen anywhere else in this world? - ah.. I would call the whole system as an epithet.