Yes, the article does raise the issues surrounding reservations.
IMHO, this is just a political ploy. However, it needs to be addressed before it becomes a bigger problem.
The author mentions 'preparatory year' in IITs, which is a great solution. I would suggest extending similar facilities of coaching to whoever is from BC/OBC/SC/ST or other disadvantaged class to enable the real talent to surface and grow.
Continuing with reservations will cost India dearly in this century....there are so many other countries who are vying for a spotlight enjoyed by India as of now and it won't take long before India returns to pre 1980's status...Wake up Mr Arjun Singh...
Its more like blind men leading the hoard. And they are happy because it does not affect them. Its shame on us because we have chosen them as our leaders.
I definitely believe in the ideas of social emancipation of the weaker sections of the society. We are definitely all born equal. It might be our circumstances after our birth, including being born in a economically poor family, that doesnt let us all be presented with the same opportunities as others. I believe the correct way to bridge this gap is for governement to work at provoding better opportunities to the economically poor in the society early in life by investing more in elementary and high school education. Have enough scholarships to support children from underprivileged sections to go to elite schools and then earn their way into elite higher education institutes. Admitting that I do not know the entire economics of it, but I believe if the governement can afford 1 reservation in an IIT, it can definitely support 10 students with scholarships to the best elementary schools. These 10 students will be much more competitve, capable and beneficail to the economy rather than one guy who gets to an IIT or IIM without earning it at all. Wrongs of history can not be undone by doing wrongs to some other section of society. We will be just repeating history.
I think its time for forward caste students to find a way out to survive the future if they cannot get through the complex quota systems. The best way is to resort to crime. Thats easy money just as easy as it was for all the backward castes to secure a seat. There is nothing wrong in this thinking because you have no choice. Imaging the best brains running crime syndicates while quota based governement servants are trying to stop them. That will be the day! That will be the country I want to forsee since thats the only future that will exist if the quota system continues.
While it is true that there is no value is reservation of seats for any category, leave lone OBCs, it is inevitable.
Whether we like it or not, people were suppressed and did not have equal opportunities in the past. And now, when they have political muscle, these people are going to seek extra-ordinary benefits.
Unfortunately for SC/ST and OBCs when they were suppressed, they did not fight back- either they were too weak or did not even care about being suppressed in the past. Now, when they can, they will do the same to others.
However, the so called forward communities have the teeth to fight back now and they will do so. It is a question of survival at one level and a question of keeping their lead and advantage at another level.
The two sides will use all kinds of arguments to support their cause. However, there is no point in trying to find merit in such arguments.
Those who have the numbers will win.
Ultimately, it may be better to reserve seats and jobs as % proportion of a caste/ religion over total population! We can at least save on examiniation, interviews and such "unnecessary" processes.
When did our respected leaders understand that the criteria of development of any society,nation be only merit,not any caste or color.With most of the Govt jobs recuritment done on the basis of caste,color, see our govt offices, their effieciency and productivity, compare them with the private sectors and one can easily see the difference.
And now with reservation in the eduactional institutions ,we as a general category person looses our right to get educated also inspite of being good in merit.
Our short sighted leaders doesn't understand that to just fullfilling their political ambition how they are ruining the country.
1. If good intelligent students doesn't get enough opportunity in our country he is left with onlt two options a) Either leave the country, utilise his energy and intelligence for development of some other countries. b) Those who can't afford to leave our countries ,take the route of crime. And when these intelligent people enterd in crime they bring more disaster to nation.
2) So called upliftment of lower caste , the motive behind the reservation,did anyone bother to check whether the really needed people are getting the benfits.
I feel that Reservations should be stopped in India, when an upper caste person stops asking a person's last name before being his friend or stop a lower caste person from entering temples or even from getting water from a community well. True, these things happen everyday in Indian villages and a slight variation of that also happens in Corporate India. Using Mr.Jethmelani's comments, unless present wrong doings based on caste are also completely stopped, reservations should not be stopped. If you want to stop something, try to stop looking down upon people who are trying to make a career or a life in difficult situations. People who are smart and intelligent will always do well no matter where they study,work or live. Caste is so important in India, so is religion. With so many different entities to be taken care off, shouldn't upper caste Indians feel a moral responsibility for the failure of the system. I feel one should question himself, if he or his family being totally indiscriminative to others, not just based on Caste, but also on labour, religion, Gender etc. If there is no evidence, then I would say having reservations is harming the development or growth of india.
It is crystal clear that this is just for vote bank...so you should not call HRD minister honourable..he is not honourable...he is one of the player of the dirty politics.
