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The cartoon controversy : Northeast Echoes
The Telegraph | Patricia Mukhim | Jul 2, 2012,
There is a case for positive discrimination for people from that strata of society which has missed out on account of non-inclusive development. These people have been condemned to remain at the lowest rung of the economic ladder and need special interventions to get out of the poverty dungeon. But to have a general reservation on the basis of caste, tribe or creed perpetually is not equitable as it tends to benefit the creamy layer that already has access to power and can, therefore, cream off the benefits due to the poorer sections of the reserved categories.
Dr B.R. Ambedkar may have been a Dalit but he was also an enlightened and evolved human being who gave us a Constitution which, though imperfect, has allowed us to engage with democracy for 62 years.
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