The Dark Reality of Reservation, Merit vs. Caste & The General Category Struggle | Part 1 | Anuradha Tiwari | The Oddcast Show

Are we sacrificing merit for vote-bank politics? In Part 1of this two-part series on Fair Education Reforms, Mrs. Anuradha Tiwari joins The Oddcast Show to break down the harsh realities of India's reservation system. We trace the history of reservation from Dr. B.R. Ambedkar'soriginal 10-year plan to the 1990 Mandal Commission, leading to today’s reality where nearly 60% of seats are reserved. Mrs. Tiwari highlights shocking statistics - like negative cutoffs for medical post-graduates and zero marks for junior engineers - and the devastating mental toll this takes on GeneralCategory students competing for just 40% of the remaining opportunities. We also discuss the misuse of the system by the alreadyprivileged, the lack of government support for poor open-category students, and why politicians refuse to touch this issue. Tune in for an unfiltered, factual conversation about the future of India's youth and the desperate need for a merit-based society.