me supports reservations

Yes.. why not? The SCs/STs have reservations, why deprive the OBCs of this privelege/right? They have faced similar (maybe a bit less) woes, so they should get similar benefits.. makes sense - I bet it does! So what if the total reservation level has now crossed 50% - you are not born a special person - it is your fault, and you ought to live with it! Do I sound sarcastic -- hmmm, Having faced this reservation experience 5 years back, I ought to.. Cut to Aug'01 - Engineering seats alloaction in the erstwhile COEP.. Me with 292/300 (was very displeased with 94/100) am pretty much convinced that will get into COEP (Comp/EnTC) - with 60+60 seats in each discipline and Me having a 30 something rank, things seemed rosy - didnt know about reservations =)) I enter the hall, see a screen - drop down (almost) - 8 seats open for general category in each discipline ... God, is this reservation or what - reservation for females, SCs, STs, OBCs, physically handicapped - phew, I think I missed a few other "priveleged categories".... Shoot me@ Seriously speaking.. the only strata of the society that needs any (read all) reservations are the EBCs - and this is right from the primary level of education.. realizing that you need to do something once the person graduates is simply a late realization. And this is irrespective of the caste & religion... Can't an upper caste person be poor? Don't we find innumerable rich SCs/STs blatantly "utlizing" the privleges they undeservingly get? The bottomline is poverty prevents people from progress & not only these special strata of people are poor!! PS: Looking back, not getting into COEP wasnt a big deal! The situation in PICT wasnt drastically worse/better