Further Thoughts On Women Reservation Bill

All right this is a very brief one, but the basic idea is that unintentionally this bill may be (a very tentative may be) the antidote to the caste politics. The reason this might happen is that a significant number of female political activists are from urban, middle class, which is antagonistic to backward politics. In contrast backward leadership doesn’t have significant number of women. Now, it is understood that backward leadership will try to rule through proxy but even that will undermine their hold on power. All in all, I think reservation in the present will adversely impact caste politics. Which is why expect pressure for quota within quota sooner than later.