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what would you say if we keep reservation as such and make caste self declared?

• throwaway_281 5y ago
  That would be impractical. And the results of this cannot be perceived now. But I believe that more communities will seek to be the "lower castes" because there will be benefits. And, as more and more people will be in the SCs, the benefits will not mean anything anymore becasue everyone will get equal opportunities. And I am not talking purely speculatively. There were mass movements of certain communities for them to be in the OBCs. They were Unreserved before. Like the Patels in Gujarata, and Jats in Haryana. So, people actually wanted to go from "General" to "Other Backwards Class" to get benefits in employment and higher ed. Before state elections, incumbent governments promise to communities that they will be included in the OBCs if they win. In this way, the benefits do get diluted. When a lot of people get same benefits, they are not much of benefits anymore. This has happened with OBCs. If the same happens with SCs, then that will be interesting to watch. And Dalit is not merely caste anymore. It is also people's identity. I would think that many would be opposed to leaving it behind. I think the people from upper castes other than Brahmins will be quite eager to call themselves Brahmin. Although, not more than few. The race will be towards the bottom. The people who actually need the help will suffer.
  • throwabcd123 5y ago
    People are too proud of their caste. If they are asked to self assign a reservation eligible caste, they won't do it. The general caste people will never do it and the constant attacks on reservation will dim down. Making one's cast included in OBC doesn't matter much.