Dehradun, June 24 -- A journalist (once a Garhwal Post employee), who has his origins in West Bengal as belonging to the Scheduled Caste category but whose parents moved many years ago to Hyderabad in then Andhra Pradesh, has not been able benefit from the reservation policy. This was because his caste name was not notified as such in Andhra. Does it mean that the move to Hyderabad had rid the family of the inherited 'social disadvantages'? In reality, he has done quite well in life, but that is another story. The point is that a person's caste status can depend on lists prepared by bureaucrats that differ from state to state.
The controversy that has been triggered by a Delhi University form seeking the exact mention of students' sub-cast...