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Why reservation? Or Why not reservation?

Note: Will be updated as I learn. We both will explore this together, so share comments after reading. The topic of reservation came in while discussing with my friends & I felt I couldn't convey thoughts due to the lack of time. So thought of penning it down. Before I start, we should consider a broader context of how caste has played in India since 400AD or earlier. A backward family should only get one round of reservation benefit.  People generally don't dig deeper to understand why caste based reservation came in India. There was a huge caste based social injustice against the minorities & Dalits etc. for many many years, in fact, few dates back to 400 AD. Few of those injustices I can recollect are slavery, untouchability, no right for education or enter school. Think of a race (life as a race?) where the socially forward caste enjoyed the benefit for many years & generations. Now to get those who were socially left behind (for many years) to same s