i am an forward caste student and i believe india hasnt yet crossed a stage wer reservations can be removed. i am speaking this from my recent xperiences. i am from a remote village and am myself a victim of reservation policy many times before reaching my masters level. even the most advanced nations still require reservations in many categories and as of india, reservations based on caste and gender should continue atleast for one more generation. if at all there is anything tht shud be changed, then i wud say it is the total number of seats available for forward castes tht shud be increased. but we have taken advantage of dalits or harijans or SC's and ST's for quite long and wen i look from tht point of view rather than who is taking political advantage of reservations, i realize and hav first hand xperience of wt reservatinons have done to many in my village and my neighbourhood. v r not a nation of billion citizens but a nation of billion villagers....and lets not forget to look at villages wen making most of these comments !.
RE:I dont agree
by Ranjan on Aug 30, 2006 12:11 PM Permalink
I am high caste brahmin but deprived admission in medicine simple because I am not SC/ST/OBC. But that does not stopped my career. I have accepted that as a challange and right now I am working in a good company and heading a department. But all my friends from my college who were with me from SC/ST/OBC who enjoyed with me who never uttered a word about his caste and creed are still completing their education in Medicine. What is the use of such reservation. But the biggest joke is that the same guy proudly annoucing me that he got the admission in a Medicine and that is the time when I have lost my calm as he has got less marks then me. If he requires 15 years to pass M.B.B.S. which I would have completed in 4.5 years then only god can help all those patients treated by such doctor.
In case any health problem do you visit a doctor who is from SC/ST/OBC grade.
I am sure you will never. Then why are you are asking for the reservation. Let there be reservation on economic weak candidates which should not include all those big farmers.
RE:I dont agree
by vijay on Sep 01, 2006 11:24 PM Permalink
dear mr ranjan, merit is a myth in india, competition should always b between equals, ours is a highly unequal society with the best of everything cornered by the higher castes thanks to 5000 years of reservations for the upper castes under vARNASHRAM . it will take another 5000 years to correct the wrongs done by vARNASHRAM. present reservation system is the only visible system, although not properly implemented by the antagonist 'higher castes ' babus. Besides why do v need docs & engg from UC's when actually they migrate to US to serve the whites for dollars. those from the backward castes may at-least go to villages & serve or even if they follow the UC's in goin to the west than why should anybody complain now. if merit is to b considered than why not recruit international candidates who r the real merit holders as compared to r mediocre ARJUNS. jai-hind.
