The Circular Toxic Cycle

There are two aspects i want to discuss right. One is this idea of merit. The conversation in india is, if you got in through reservation, then you must not be meritorious. That is the assumption. Linked with that assumption therefore comes that any one who qual i through the reservation system is undeserving and lesser. We understand merit to be this intrinsic value that is assigned to an individual. What we don't see is how much access they had. How many cutian classes were they able to go to in order to score a certain point on the certain test? Did they have electricity in their house that allowed them access to completely study the nights that they needed to before