Satish Deshpande

Earlier it was in jobs only.

So, Satish Deshpande, who is a sociologist earlier with Delhi School of Economics and Yogendra Yadav had come up with this deprivation points method, which factored in different kinds of deprivation, like regional deprivation.

Now, suppose someone... studying in Delhi has a head start so someone studying in a remote village in say Chhattisgarh or Jharkhand so some points can be given to it irrespective of caste so they are trying to account for the complexity of but the question is that caste would still remain the dominant lubricant of inequalities

you know what the point that Anand said is that the meritocracy doesn't take into account the access you have to schools there was this fantastic it wasn't a speech it was just a bite but she was speaking with such confidence and clarity this girl from the dalit community said that you talk about merit come and study in the school i went to and then compete with me and i'll show you merit or let me get access to the school you went to and then compete with me then i'll show you merit i think it really put in perspective that Where you have studied, come from, etc.