May 12, 2006
Indian Students Protest Plan to Raise Quotas
Escalating student protests in five Indian states have raised fears that India's affirmative-action debate could once again turn violent. The students are protesting a proposal to increase the number of seats reserved for lower-caste Indians in universities operated by the central government.
Some states have put their police forces on alert, in anticipation of violent protests.
Under the proposal, 27 percent of the places in the universities would be reserved for students from
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