Caste and Quota - Is it really uniting people?

To overcome the differences that people created before independence, our constitution makers thought of a way of uplifting the backward class - the classes which didn't get privileges at that time. The society was divided into castes - which meant there was a disunity still. They gave the rights and privileges to some oppressed classes, alright. But, did they really think what this system can turn to become? After the introduction of many such classes over the years, are we really united? Is everyone of the same economic group getting equal rights?

People belonging to the same economic group, let it be rich, let it be poor, let it be prosperous or not, every person in the same economic group isn't of the same social group. A person may not be prosperous, but because of the special privileges given by the government is getting more benefits and opportunities for education, employment and living conditions. Is this the equality we wanted? The general group of people is left behind by a big margin because of reservation politics that is played by government. Today, really, privileges are being given to a person on basis of whether his ancestors were treated badly or not. 

There surely are many people who may be earning a meager amount, not even capable of providing quality and quantity food to their families and are given special privileges, but there are people who belong to  the same economic status but are not even getting this privileges. Can the government let some people die just for votes? 

Students who study day and night, work more hard than others are denied admission just because some seats are reserved for a person who just took birth in a family with extra privileges. A leader, lately, was so kind that he wanted reservations to be hiked to 80%. He really thought good about the people. But, are the others here to die? Don't they have any right to study in good institutions or have a good working facility in a reputed office.

Sadly, for the uplifting of some classes and for reservation politics, we have come to a situation that at any time the castes which are being oppressed now may demand equal rights. We have the right to speech and expression, so such a movement isn't far away. 

Why do we always pick up the people which had no rights in the past and put them up so much that the others struggle and literally suffocate to live. Political parties pick up the hot issues and extend it so much for votes that a person is left with nothing to do and he is forced to accept the ugly truth. Fortunately, Supreme Court has recently said that social caste is no criteria for determining backwardness and has asked political parties to figure out other ways to determine backwardness.

So, let us have an equal society and live as brothers. Privileges should be given to a person backward economically, not a person whose ancestors were treated badly. Let us try to change the way we consider a person as backward or under-privileged!