You worked as hard as your friend, maybe even more, got a better ranking/ percentage but he was the one selected simply because he had a certificate with sc/st written on it, it hurts doesn’t it?

In the next 5 years I don’t think we will have an option called a general category because our country has such a great reservation system to help the “needy” to stand on their feet. Our constitution reads that everyone is equal and should be given equal rights but today being a normal Indian guy is probably the most disadvantaged person you can be when it comes to college admissions. I don’t think having reservation is wrong, but having reservation for the stupid lot of the society is wrong. It is like officially declaring that so and so caste, community, religion or gender is born without a brain and thus would need special quota to survive in this world.
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