Madam, This is regarding your article on "Look back to go forward ". You have mentioned that Tamil Nadu’s 69% reservations have resulted in a remarkable boom in education, aspiration and possibility. This is quite misleading and here I explain how. Here you are assuming that the cause "TN's 69% reservations" produced the result "boom in education, aspiration and possibility" and you have not given any evidence on the link between two. In real world, there is no single cause and and single result. There are multiple causes plus catalyst which results in multiple results and sometime creates lalapalooza effect (said by Charlie Munger) or Tipping points. In TN's case , remarkable boom in education, aspiration and possibility is achived through multiple causes being 1) Privitisation of Engineering colleges 2) 1st Point helped mushrooming Private engineering colleges and hence increased the supply of engineering colleges than the eligible number of candidates in a year. 3) 2nd point resulted in lowering of fee charged by Private engineering colleges. 4) All the above points made parents to educate their children in Engineering with low fees. The results of the above causes are 1) Greater number of people are getting educated and hence the boom in education, aspiration and possibility 2) Dilution of the education standards What we can learn from TN's case is that if you need a boom in education, aspiration and possibility 1) Increase the supply of education institues (which result boom in education , aspiration and possibility) 2) Dont dilute the standards of IIT / IIM / MBBS As a closing point I want to ask "How confident you will be , If you happen to let your sick loved ones in the hands of doctor who studied under Reserved Quota" Thanks & Regards Vishnu Varthanan