“Modern India should be built on merit and not on caste,” says Dr Sudip Sen, 34, a doctor of philosophy. student in biochemistry at AIIMS. Students don't want government help. Deepika Gupta, 18, a first-year student at AIIMS and herself a lower-class citizen, explains: “If everyone comes here on their own, then they will get the same respect for what they have achieved” ( Baker). Students are opposing this new quota, not only on merit, but they feel that it does not solve India's real problem. Riven Decor, professor of sociology, believes that the law widens the question of caste division, while this controversy should disappear. Decor says he's been observing his students for 10 years, "and most of them would say they don't know what caste the person sitting next to them is." But after that, they will” (NPR). If lower castes and classes were given equal opportunities earlier in life, quotas would not be necessary for the upper classes.