It is heartening to note that the Supreme Court has prevented the implementation of the OBC quota in higher educational institutions this academic year. The judiciary has been the 'final frontier', to use Waugh's words, in corruption ridden, caste-infested India.
But then again, the Congress led Govt is hell-bent on getting the OBC quota implemented. In their own words, they will use 'every constitutional and legal' means to get it done. I fear it is only a matter of time before they become successful. If not this academic year, then it will be the next.
What scares me is that the Congress is not alone in its nefarious intent. Not wanting to be seen as anti-OBC, all parties have come together in trying to push for it.
And the people too, barring sporadic student protests, seem to be welcoming it.
As one judge rightly noted, nowhere else in the world is there a competition to become backward.
Whatever the intent of our forefathers was, the caste system has become an albatross for India's development.
It is a matter of elementary common sense that reservation, if at all has to exist, should be based on economic condition and not caste based. But since when has basic common sense been a feature of Indian politics ?
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