Reservation in India

The system of reservation in India consists of a series of measures, such as reserving access to seats in the various legislatures, to government jobs, and to enrollment in higher educational institutions. Quotes The separate electorates compelled the Muslims to vote communally, think communally, listen only to communal election speeches, judge the delegates communally, look for constitutional and other reforms only in terms of more relative communal power, and express their grievances communally. W. C. Smith, Modern Islam in India, on the politics of Indian Muslims under the British Raj, c. 1906; quoted by Arun Shourie, Missionaries in India: Continuities, Changes, Dilemmas (New Delhi: Rupa & Co, 1994), p. 197 External links Category:India