Two things strike me from this news. First, it took a statement from Mayawati for Advani and the PM to admit something that has been crying for attention so badly. It seems as if both these gentlemen and their respective parties were waiting to see who'll have to political guts to bell the cat first and then jump in to create a bigger political madhouse.
Second, while reservation on grounds of economic deprivation appears to be comparatively better than the one based on caste, this also must be done very carefully. Otherwise our stupid and insecure politicians will ruin this also.
Going at the rate of expanding the net of reservation, it struck me sometime back that if the government extends the benefit of reservation to all - irrespective of caste, religion and economic backwards - it will be a great equaliser in this country. Everybody would be 'backward' and thus equal in this country. Nobody would be superior or inferior to anybody.
Then people can start competing on an equal footing till the ones who get left out even inside such a scheme, begin to cry for further sub-reservations for those who cannot committ enough and compete.
How's that.
Common people, spend more of your time in coming out of the rut mentality than just sitting back, expecting someone else to feed you and wasting your whole life.
Get out of the dependency on government dole for jobs and create enterprises that provide more jobs. Look at what people like Dhirubhai Ambani and Mr. Narayanamurthy and thousands like them have done - provide independence and not perpetuate dependence on government and casteism.
