1000yrs ago, castes were created and continued till now. And due to this people from backward castes were ill treated and exploited to the point of UNTOUCHABILITY which still exists now. THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED INSIDE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS NOR WERE THEY PART OF THE MAINSTREAM.FOR example IF A PERSON IS CRUELLY ILL TREATED AND BADLY EXPLOITED AND RENDERED UNTOUCHABLE, then that person obviously lags behind in the race of success and better life style as he never was allowed to get education nor was he allowed to enter the temple and certain many such restrictions imposed on him. Then how could he give better life to his children. Obviously he will fail to do so coz if you spend your lifetime toiling hard for other people for negligible wages and huge debt. So his children also had to face the same problem and later on his grandchildren faced the same discrimination by the society and this cycle continued for many generations of that family. CONTINUOUS DISCRIMINATION AND ILL TREATMENT TO THE SAME FAMILY FOR MANY GENERATIONS WOULD DEFINITELY OBVIOUSLY MAKE THEM BACKWARD AND CREATE A HUGE GAP BETWEEN THEM AND THE REST OF THE WORLD.SO OBVIOUSLY THEY WOULD BE POOR AND BACKWARD AND BE CUT OFF FROM THE MAINSTREAM OF SOCIETY BECAUSE THEY HAVE NEVER KNOWN WHAT IS IT TO HAVE A LIFE WITH THE KIND OF BENEFITS THAT OTHE’s enjoy.
SO SUDDENLY ONE DAY THAT DISCRIMINATION IS MADE ILLEGAL BY LAW BUT STILL IT REMAINED IN PEOPLE’S PSYCHE.AND THEN THE CURRENT GENERATION OF THAT FAMILY ARE TOLD THAT DISCRIMINATION IS ILLEGAL NOW BY LAW.AND THAT NOW THEY CAN COMPETE WITH OTHERS.BUT HOW WOULD THEY COMPETE AS THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN PROVIDED WITH THE KIND OF FACILITIES THAT THERE OTHER COMPETITORS HAD.OBVIOUSLY THEY WOULD LAG BEHIND BECAUSE THEY NEVER HAD THE FACILITY WHICH OTHERS HAD NOT ONLY FINANCIALLY BUT ALSO SOCIALLY.SO THE EQUALITY GIVEN TO THEM NOW IS MEANINGLESS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NEVER RECEIVED GOOD TREATMENT OR EDUCATION EARLIER AND ARE STRUGGLING HARD FOR JUST TWO SQUARE MEALS.SO THIS EQUALITY MEANT NOTHING TO THEM EVEN TO THE BRIGHTEST OF THEIR LOT BECAUSE THEY WERE BUSY STRUGGLING FOR BASIC AMMENITIES.SO THEY LAG BEHIND INSPITE OF THE EQUALITY GIVEN BECAUSE A HISTORY OF DISCRIMINATION HAS MADE THEM CRIPPLED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE EQUALITY.AS 1000yrs of discrimination has made the family so poor and cut off from the mainstream that in spite of the equality given by law they cannot avail it. SO FOR THEIR BENEFIT SPECIAL CHANCES WERE GIVEN TO BRING THAT FAMILY INTO MAINSTREAM and some members of that family struggled hard and made only 1 of their son educated now. But still he could not go far as the social barriers still existed and alone he could not go far due to the poverty and social backwardness that still existed in his family. SO TO MAKE SURE THAT IF SOME MEMBERS OF THAT FAMILY JOIN THE MAINSTREAM THEN MAYBE THEY CAN BE UPLIFTED.SO SPECIAL PROVISIONS WERE MADE TILL MAXIMUM MEMBERS OF THAT FAMILY COME FORWARD AND JOIN THE MAINSTREAM.AND WHEN MAXIMUM MEMBERS JOIN THE MAINSTREAM THEN THAT SPECIAL PROVISION WOULD BE CUT OFF.

WOULD YOU GRUDGE THE FAMILY FOR THE SPECIAL CHANCES IT GOT SO THAT THE FAMILY OVERCOMES THE SOCIAL HANDICAP AND ECONOMIC POVERTY?

OF COURSE THERE ARE POOR PEOPLE FROM GENERAL CATEGORY BUT THEY ARE ONLY ECONOMICALLY POOR BUT SOCIALLY THEY ARE AT PAR WITH SOCIETY.BUT THE BACKWARD CASTES PEOPLE ARE BOTH SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED.
AND THE RICH PEOPLE FROM BACKWARD CASTE YOU ARE TALKING ARE VERY FEW.A MAJORITY OF THEM ARE STILL LIVING BELOW POVERTY.WE ARE LIVING IN A FREE INDIA AND TO TASTE ITS FREEDOM AND THE OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE TO FIRST ENABLE THE BACKWARD PEOPLE TO ENJOY THE FREEDOM AND EQUALITY.BUT 1ST FOR THAT WE HAVE TO ENABLE THEM FIRST WITH THE PRIVILEGES THAT OUR FOREFATHERS STRIPPED FROM THEM.FOR THAT THEY HAVE TO BE GIVEN SPECIAL CHANCES SO THEY THAT CAN COME AT PAR WITH REST OF THE SOCIETY.AND 63yrs is not enough for the 1000yrs of cruelty that has resulted into a gap between them and the rest of the society.
Few years from now on, the reservation would no more be required. But till then stop hating people because of their caste.
SO ITS YOUR CHOICE WHETHER TO CHOOSE HATRED OR UNDERSTANDING.