India doesn’t have a reservation problem anymore.It has a cowardice problem. The recent UGC “Equity” regulations controversy exposes something far uglier than bureaucratic incompetence. It shows how every political party, including the BJP, now treats caste as a permanent operating system, not a temporary corrective. And when the Supreme Court forces action, the response is not reform—but deliberate half-measures designed to fail. That is exactly what happened here. This was not an accident. This was legislation written to be struck down, so that everyone can signal virtue while nothing fundamentally changes. Let’s Kill the Pretence: Higher Education Is Not a…