Tamil Nadu: A case for allowing reservation over 50 per cent
Higher reservation for OBCs, SCs and STs need not hinder progress and opportunities for others. India can still grow large and fast to accommodate all
18
May
17
Mar
RTAP: The big bold idea to tackle youth unemployment
Under the Right to Apprenticeship (RTAP) proposal, any youth below the age of 25 with a diploma or above can legally ask for an apprenticeship and the government will be obligated under law to provide one, structured like the Right to (rural) Employment (MNREGA).
26
Nov
If caste census is the ‘X-ray’, mining can be the ‘treatment’
A national debate has been triggered championing the case for a caste census, with Rahul Gandhi calling it a much-needed ‘X-ray’ of Indian society.
30
Oct
Turning a blind eye to caste will only make things worse for India Inc
Readers of this newspaper may find it difficult to discuss caste.
29
Oct
Caste is a birth lottery disease. Social lottery may be a remedy
Data reveals that more than three-quarters of all senior professional positions in India are taken up by people from the ‘forward castes’ who constitute only one-fifth of the population.