pm90> These policies are meant to help society in aggregates so there will always be folks who get screwed. Its important to keep trying though. sharadov> Tr

pm90> These policies are meant to help society in aggregates so there will always be folks who get screwed. Its important to keep trying though. sharadov> True, am not against that, but without checks and balances, as as happened in India, it ends up creating another set of problems (poor Brahmins now complain of lack of opportunities). Reservation policy should not be confused with financial assistance. The government does have financial assistance in many forms, which is available to everyone needy - brahmins included. Reservation policy is for correcting imbalances in the aggregate, such as the one pointed out by a sibling comment: esalman> What is more unfair? One 25,000-ranked dalit student getting favored over a 5,000 -ranked brahmin, or the fact that 25% of IIT students do not represent dalits even though they represent 25% of the whole population? Poor brahmins, in your example, complain because small dents in institutionalized privileges one enjoys is indistinguishable from oppression.