Every student deserves support. Every dream deserves a chance. But in today’s india, scholarships are not about need or merit — they are about caste. A student from SC/ST/OBC can walk away with government benefits even with average marks, while a General Category student with 95% is left with nothing. This isn’t social justice anymore. This is social injustice — a system where poverty among “Generals” doesn’t matter and where merit has become meaningless.
1. The Myth of Equality
Governments claim to uplift the underprivileged. But the truth is stark: support is reserved only for select castes, not for every poor child. If you’re born “General,” your struggles don’t count.
2. The Scholarship Scam
Schemes aren’t about poverty anymore. They’re about caste identity. A millionaire’s son from a reserved category can get benefits, but a daily wage worker’s daughter from the General category? zero help.
3. The Death of Meritocracy
Imagine scoring 95% and still being told, “Sorry, no scholarship for you. Wrong caste.” That’s the reality thousands of General students face. Hard work means nothing if your birth certificate doesn’t match the government’s vote-bank checklist.
4. bjp = The New Congress
The same bjp that once shouted about “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas” has now embraced Congress-style appeasement politics. General category youth? Abandoned. Because they don’t fit into the vote-bank math.
5. The Real Criteria We Need
Scholarships should follow just two filters:
• Absolute income → Support the poorest first.
• Merit → Reward the best among them.
Anything else is politics, not justice.
6. The Betrayal of Generals
Generals are paying the highest taxes, getting no benefits, and yet are mocked for “privilege.” In reality, they are becoming the most abandoned class in India — no reservations, no scholarships, no welfare.
7. The Bigger Fallout
When the brightest are ignored, when merit is killed, when poverty is divided by caste — the nation itself pays the price. Talent migrates, faith in fairness dies, and resentment grows.
8. The Final Truth
Scholarships are supposed to build futures, not destroy hope. A policy that ignores poor General students is not “inclusive.” It is casteist, divisive, and cruel.
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