About the show

The year 1990 saw a raging social debate in India on the issue of reservation in government jobs. Students protested all over the country while some even took extreme measures to express their anguish. Twenty years on, this 'Quota System' continues to be a simmering issue between youngsters who have benefitted from this, versus those who have suffered. Set against this backdrop of reservation in jobs, Armanon ka Balidaan-Aarakshan is a love story between Sumedha, whose family lost a son to the agitation against reservation legislation for jobs and Aakash, who has benefitted from it to become a District Magistrate. As the bond between the two blossoms, Aakash has to constantly battle the fact that he is a beneficiary of the quota system.