#1481 - Is It Time to End Reservations in India?

The Sadhguru Podcast - Of Mystics and Mistakes

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🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Sadhguru answers a question about the need for caste-based reservations in India, exploring how caste discrimination worsened during British occupation. He explains why reservation is still necessary today but must be gradually calibrated down over the next generation. Conscious Planet: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.consciousplanet.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sadhguru App (Download): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://onelink.to/sadhguru__app⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Official Sadhguru Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://isha.sadhguru.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sadhguru Exclusive: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://isha.sadhguru.org/in/en/sadhguru-exclusive⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Inner Engineering Link: isha.co/ieo-podcast Yogi, mystic and visionary, Sadhguru is a spiritual master with a difference. An arresting blend of profundity and pragmatism, his life and work serves as a reminder that yoga is a contemporary science, vitally relevant to our times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	When was the last time you stopped and listened to your body?
0:03.4	Here's a Holland and Barrett ad break to do just that.
0:06.9	Go on. Have a listen to your gut.
0:10.4	Is that a gurgle?
0:12.4	A rumble?
0:14.1	Is it straining after lunch?
0:16.7	Or is it saying...
0:18.4	You've got to show me love.
0:22.0	We know what your body's asking for.
0:25.2	In store online on the app.
0:27.7	Back Your Body, Holland and Barrett.
0:32.3	Reservations were made to give them a little better chance.
0:36.7	But I must tell you you there is another way.
0:39.3	In some of the states in India, there is religious reservation.
0:46.3	This is illegal as per the constitution.
0:49.3	This is government-funded conversion project.
0:52.3	It's a very cruel discrimination that has happened.
0:56.0	From being nearly 27% of the world's economy, we became 3.5% by 1947.
1:04.0	So it all got exaggerated.
1:06.0	We have to fix it in this generation.
1:09.0	That's Karen.
1:10.0	Sadhu, there's been a lot of controversy around reservations in our Indian education system.
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