Are the 'reserved' really the ones who 'deserve'?

A picture depicting how the reservation system works

The reservation system is certainly primitive and there is a call for change from every other nook and corner of the country. No other country besides India has a caste-based reservation system. And due to this very caste-based reservation system, the talented often miss out on opportunities. Let me enlighten you all on this fuck-all system, where only the 'reserved' deserves to study in better colleges and institutions.

As a medical aspirant, I was scrolling through the previous year cut-offs of the much desired medical colleges of Delhi, most notably MAMC ( Maulana Azad Medical College), to evaluate my chances in the upcoming NEET-2 exam. To my astonishment, the cut-offs for the reserved were drastically lower than that of the unreserved.

The 'general category' merit list comprised of 506 candidates. The first candidate of the list scored 695 marks and the 506th candidate scored 516 marks(out of 720). The lowest marks in Physics(out of 180) was 61 and the highest was 175.

On the contrary, the 48-candidates ST category merit list was topped by 391 marks. The lowest marks of that list was a meagre 288. A plethora of one digit scores in Physics coupled with another bunch of marks on the other side of zero reflected the quality of students who would be studying in premier institutions of Incredible India.

Here I stand, pondering over my future and this insensitive system. Meanwhile, the reserved are devoiding the deserved of opportunities and excellence. Even at the craziest times, a candidate scoring 516 is far more intellectual than a candidate than who is scoring 391.

To all those who will comment in support of the reservation system:

Many of these reserved candidates are actually from well-off families and have completed their education from the best private schools in India. They never ever had been bereft of facilities of any sorts or have faced some sort of financial crisis.

While the reserved will keep getting opportunities, the son of a watch-guard, who has been a brahmin by birth, will suffer. At the same time, thousands of people who form the lowest strata of the society(economically) but have been born in 'higher castes' will suffer. At the same time, the quality of education that is imparted to this upcoming generation will suffer. And at the same time, India will suffer and will be a 'developing country' till eternity.

Author's Note

Hate and wrath of the reserved are invited. Appreciation and empathy of the unreserved will be appreciated.

I do not condemn the reservation system but I do condemn the unrightfully reserved. People with lack of facilities and resources must be reserved to compete with people with better resources.