Religion, Caste And Tribe Based Reservation - 4

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<!--QuoteBegin-Mudy+Jun 2 2007, 09:08 AM-->QUOTE(Mudy @ Jun 2 2007, 09:08 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>The Dausa Effect </b>
<i>Pratap Bhanu Mehta
The writer is president, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi </i>
http://www.indianexpress.com/story/32281._.html
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From the above article:

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Our classifications have become absurd from the point of view of social justice. It is fatuous to think that there are some ‘objective’ facts of the matter that can determine why Meenas should be ST, but Gurjjars not. <b>In fact the whole historical process by which communities like Meenas went from high caste, to “criminal tribe” in the British sense, to ST, is an object lesson in how the state has used identities for its own purposes.</b> The only antidote is a politics of justice centred on a radically new paradigm of how we understand deprivation.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

The root of our problems has been British rule, formation of caste organizations, Mandal, and of course Weepy Singh.