Before starting, let us first know what reservation really means........ 'Reservation in India is a system of affirmative action that provides representation for historically and currently disadvantaged groups in Indian society in education, employment and politics.'
In simple words reservation provides a separate quota to backward class mainly SC,ST and OBC in different categories.... The reservation system aims to uplift the lower sections of society which, through the ages, have been exploited and deprived of rights. By providing these minorities reservations in government jobs and colleges, they are supposed to become a part of mainstream society and, as a result, it is expected that people will start accepting them. The concept of reservation is amazing and it is successfully fulfilling t's cause.....But recent events have raised a big question on the existing reservation system in India. Have the current parameters of reservation become outdated?
For me the answers is an absolute yes....
But first let's take a look at how it was originally started....
The reservation system in India dates back to 2nd century B.C. where the upper class enjoyed certain added privileges.
A caste-based reservation system was originally thought of by William Hunter and Jyotirao Phule in 1882. A form of it was implemented by Chhatrapati Shahuji in 1901. However, the reservation system that exists today, in its true sense, was introduced in 1933 when British Prime-Minister Ramsay Macdonald presented the ‘Communal Award’.
This system was opposed by Mahatma Gandhi But many minorities and leaders like B.R....