That section is scr€wed for eternity. Only the exceptional make it out and the selection pressure makes some of them exceptionally good and forever scarred. I remember my wife being taunted by a quota candidate that “you will get nothing” https://twitter.com/docdkgupta/status/1343609134965514246
General quota who go through private are more determined and unlike the perception of being monied many are not and do risk collateral. The reserve quota do carry complexes throughout life. Either superiority or inferiority which is often unfair because many are actually good.
The only people to benefit are those who hide their religion and enjoy quotas. And then crib throughout life about bios if Twitter handles. One can ignore the tweets but I worry about the pus in the grey matter that many nurture throughout life.
The one thing that determines personality is self respect and achievements of your own. Once they are not there there is nothing much to your life and that feeling preserves. General quota candidates who use the private route to specialization are at least better off.
They do know that if quota was absent they would have made it through government colleges. That often preserves self respect & allows them to carry on. If a quota candidate is actually rich (& there are many now) and takes the rich route (again many) it shows, always in behavior
We are in this mess and many in current generation cannot be blamed if they game the system. It is how it is and will be. Needs leadership and not votes to change this. @narendramodi does not have it in him. If not him then I guess no one else can do it! End of rant.