Dehradun, Oct. 9 -- The Mandal Commission report was projected as the path to providing social justice to the 'Other Backward Castes', like that enjoyed by the Scheduled Castes and Tribes. Unfortunately, the meaning of social justice in India has become limited to reservations in jobs and educational institutions. Those pursuing the cause at the present cannot look beyond extending the scope of the reservations past the fifty percent cap laid down by the Supreme Court. In the minds of these 'reformers', the 'backwardness' is not the result of circumstances that can be changed, but an inherent shortcoming that even the constitutional privileges cannot affect.
This is why RJD leader and former Chief Minister Lalu Yadav's family identifies as...