I’ve always had an instinctive mistrust of India’s caste-based reservation policies. While they were undoubtedly created with good intentions, I can’t help but think that in the modern context, they tend to make people more aware of their allegiance to, what should have by now, been an outdated social structure. I realised, however, that the issue is more complex than I had thought it to be when I met Ram Kumar. He’s a driver who has survived, by hook and often by crook, in Delhi for many years. The one thing that has stood him in good stead is a
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