Reservations are very necessary...this is not only my view...Head of many big institutions have same thinking...(plz refer TOI, Eduction Times...Dated:26th dec 2005)... When America is ready to give reservation to Indian SC/ST candidates...then we Indians should learn from them...it is a step to make our society balanced...
and one question to all those who r against this amendments...Why women reservation in Parliament is important for the sociey??? and if u have the answer of this question...then u know why reservation in pvt. institutions are necessary...
Hats off to all those who voted for the current govt..
RE:Reservations are Nacessary for a Balanced Society.
by Upasana on May 19, 2006 06:11 PM Permalink
If the US of A is doing something - that does not make an illogical move by selfish politicians in India justified?
Lets not try and APE the west. We are a growing country and we need to grow on the basis of merit - not the old and out-dated caste system. Reservations are not a solution by any way.
Reservation bandwagan once set rolling has its own dynamics and cycle to complete. This is as per the laws of political and social sciences. Similar examples though never perfect can always be sited for the case... Shri Lanka is a very close example.
Main issue is that the nation needs to seeze some of the fundamental principles to which it would stand committed even if it means to die for them. USA did this when they had their famous civil war under Lanin... What are ours?
One of the most dangerous acts that B.J.P. did was understandably, massive privatization, strictly in view of the general performance of such private firms today, if only the purpose for which they were privatized is kept in mind! For instance, consider the telecommunication industry after such privatization: .a) Common public get enormous amount of out going wrong calls losing lots of money while they become nuisance calls to the customers receive them! b) Directory enquiry facility is not available to the extent either Government or Government of India has provided. c) Wide publicity of the changes in levels of various telephone numbers provided by different service providers are not given frequently resulting in total confusion of public who often either silently submit themselves to such tortures due to their preoccupations or run to Press who are also not of much help! d) Public are not aware of the unit where a complaint has to be registered. e) Subscribers complaints are not responsibly tackled as various levels of redressal are not provided for public approach! f) No detailed instructions on construction, installation and maintenance are available in private firms mostly while such details are provided in Govt. of India Undertakings etc., g) Many works are carried out by agencies that are not direct appointees of the service providers which is a provision made to escape and avoid responsibilities, the provision of which should be struck down. h) Arrogance and adamance are wide spread in private service providers! i) In spite of all such defects of private service providers, they carry on without any check from any authority such as so called T.R.A.I. for necessary remedial measures to provide better services to customers.. j) Customers are forced to carry on with sustained complaints while Government of India undertakings deal with well organized wide network of information and complaints, though steadily falling corruption might be here and there in small ways, compared to the wide spread scams of crores elsewhere! k) The purpose should be fulfilled at any cost and no explanations of any kind can be accepted! Memories are afresh in the minds of people on how the private institutions minted money on the pretext of provision of quality education in various private schools and colleges. The deterioration of public services offered by private enterprise is therefore, well known, be in field of telecommunication or education as we notice today! It is thus imperative for the Government to monitor and exercise a overall check in such operations to offer better standards ,of services! Corruption, if at all seen, can be separately dealt by methods clearly pronounced already!
RE:The amendment is essential and hence necessary!
by Balaji on Apr 14, 2006 10:44 AM Permalink
Wheresa now you can call anyone in the country for a rupee a minute and anyone outside for just a little more
Mr Kak argues both ways. He suggests that it is not alright to take away the right to privacy and association and YET he appears to have a problem when precisely these rights are allowed to linguistic and religious minorities! So then, it appears that he has a problem not about right of privacy and right of association per se but rather about who is permitted the latitude to enjoy these rights...fairly flexible (and subjective) libertarian views these.
It is now commonly accepted by even die hard libertarians that the right to privacy, and right of association is not paramount and can and should always be subjected to the larger good. Is Mr Kak's view that the larger good is not relevant in a society riddled with inequality. In this case, is the libertarian argument just a red herring and nothing short of a blatant attempt at perpetuating inequalities and protecting status quo?
Mr Kak's view that the government should spend more on education is just platitudinous, and out of touch with reality ! (Unless he has innovative suggestions on how these investments can be made by rationing investments and yet keeping the fiscal deficit under check)
The UPA is doing averything in its power to break the private educational institutions. And with the students performing better in the private, easy loans available to them, their first choice are the private. So now the the so called experts want to spread their tentecles there wher over a period of time the actual people running these will loose their motivation and edge in passing out oustanding students. Who looses in the end, India. But then who cares as far as they get their share, either the present govt in power or the next.
Yes,what is said is correct.But there is no use in making a postmortom.We should think of the steps to be taken to save us.Just as the big companies establish industries,they should also come forward to establish edu ins,I mean the majority without the govt funds.a very wishful one?
Mr. Kak I think you are the only writer i have seen till now who have written anything against reservation otherwise it has become a fashion to be liberal and support reservation everywhere without thinking its need. No one is ever bothered about the real implementation part and wether the benifit of reseravtion is reaching the one really deserves it.
Now that is in, no one can risk taking it off. This is pure nosense and absolute trash. Hopefully, the voters will defeat all these congees and commiees. viajaya kumar
Dear Sir , There has been a selected group of people who have benefitted most from reservations since independence as there is no provision for creamy layer amongst SC/ST.This defeats the purpose of reservation by keeping it limited to the rich/well educated amongst the SC/ST.Time has come that these select people should apply for jobs etc. along with the non reserved category and let the true dalits benefit from reservation;this can be achieved by applying creamy layer in these categories too. These are the very people who shout about reservation everywhere instead of letting the needy benefit from reservation.
