Since its inception, the Democratic Republic of India has reserved a certain fraction of central jobs for SC/ST/OBCs. Today, the point of having these reservations seems moot for an urban dwelling citizen like myself. More so - when it comes to reservations in educational institutes. Given that I do not have the perspective to analyze the “real” social reasons for creating reservations 50 years ago, I will approach this burning topic with caution and my own reasoning.