Roasting and processing cashews on the roadside. We were told this woman has a degree in computer sciences. Compensatory or positive discrimination policies reserve 15% of the seats in institutions of higher education and state and central government jobs for people of the lowest caste, Caste in India is an age-old system that creates barriers to self actualisation among sections of the population based on imagined social divisions. The system has evolved over the centuries but persists .. In a scenario when minorities are able to access opportunities that they were earlier barred from, particularly through the system of reservation, it increases competition and, thus, creates resentment among those accustomed to exclusivity in those fields. Although higher education may have become more accessible, there is a lack of ‘good’ education. There has been a precarious rise of private institutes instead of public universities in recent years. Private institutions are known for exacting high fees, often have poor infrastructure and provide little financial assistance.