Divide and rule - British tradition continues

As if politicians have not done enough to divide the country based on caste and religion, we now have an “expert committee” who is going to decide who will be below poverty line (BPL) based on their caste and religion.
http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=368335
So poor Brahmins who genuinely require this support will not be able to participate in this program. And those who were not SC/ST, but due to political push (e.g. a certain community from Rajasthan recently had Dharnas and engaged in violence to get themselves listed as STs) got themselves converted into SC/ST, will now benefit from this program.

High time India abolished caste, creed, religion and region. Even asking someone his religion and caste should be made a serious crime. If after more than 60 years of freedom, the reservation system has not been able to do anything for the betterment of the so-called reserved castes, it just goes to show the efficacy of reservation – that it does not work.
Tamil Nadu is a class example of how having 99.99% reservation in its schools and colleges did no good for those who genuinely required it. It only benefited the political class. And drove out the Brahmins from the state as far as education was concerned.

Clearly, the government is in no mood to take genuine steps to improve the reach of BPL. It is simply charting out the easy way which will also earn it the vote bank.

On pesticides and other related matters

I wonder why the fuss is being made over organic food’s nutrition quality
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/to-eat-or-not-to-eat/365594/
Per this report, some UK study suggests that organic food is not more nutritious than regular food.
No one eats organic food because it is more nutritious. People (like me) like to eat organic food because it is supposed to be pesticide free. Will someone please explain to the advocates of this study the complete futility of their expensive research?

On a different note, I recently discovered (much to my shock) that some people are using coke, pepsi and other aerated drinks as pesticides on food. It appears that these being more cost effective than regular pesticides, aerated drinks are preferred increasingly by households for domestic use. That certainly puts an end to my ever having any more aerated drinks.