http://desicritics.org/ Superior South Asian bloggers on Culture, Media, Politics, Sport, Business, and Technology. en Copyright 2006 by the authors Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:51:30 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss BC custom software http://desicritics.org/2007/08/09/115116.php#comment-276885 Shiva point taken, but i take a deep jaundiced view on government intervention. While caste exists, the equalisation of opportunities should be based upon a mechanism which cuts across barriers not perpetuates it. While I condemn casteism (see my main blog), I also believe that the "base" as mentioned in this article, has to be based upon economic factors (minimum income levels) or perhaps geographic factors (say take Uttarakhand or Bastar district as a whole) But overall, we will keep on having identity issues. Even if you do remove caste, you will still see differences because of gender (female glass barrier), sexual orientation (how many openly gay people will have the same opportunities?) skin colour...... 276885@desicritics.org Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:51:30 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/08/09/115116.php#comment-276858 As your article implies inequality is a fact of life in any society.we are fine as long as the inequality is based on abilities a person have, provided he has been given an opportunity.But when the equality is based on birth,class and caste it becomes obnoxious to our consciousness.I need not have to elaborate on the role caste plays in perpetuating inequality.In today's society inherited money is the greatest perpetuating cause of inequality.As everyone agrees talent and merit should be recognized even if it creates inequality,inherited money should be done away with.Because the person who inherits it,did not contribute anything in the making of it so he doesn't have any moral right to enjoy it.so to build a society which recognizes true merit,which in true sense provides equality of opportunity to to its people,we should throw those laws of inheritance to the dustbin of history. 276858@desicritics.org Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:57:40 EDT http://desicritics.org/2007/08/09/115116.php#comment-276534 Excellent Bhaskar! One of the very few articles which emphasizes on equality of opportunity. 276534@desicritics.org Thu, 9 Aug 2007 14:01:32 EDT