I dont agree with the author. He says that brahmins and upper caste people have to go else where to succeed. But in making that he is accepting that these forward caste communties have the resourses and the ability to go abroad and make a living. But the SC/ST candidates have no such opportunity or ability to prosper and that is why we need to lift them up with reservations. He also talks about how brahmins are coolies and rickshaw pullers, but he fails to mention what percentage of the uppercaste are doing these menial work. Exceptions cannot be examples.
The author must come out of his prejudice towards the brahmin community and see both sides of the issue. There is also the problem of corruption and prejudice in higher education institutes which are ruled by brahmins (IISC, BARC etc). There, non brahmins dont get the recognition, i have several friends who worked in BARC and who went to the US bcos only a brahmin could get through to higher posts in the upper caste dominated institutions. How about this brain drain.
Franscois has been an advent advocator of brahmins and their rights but to prejudice the argument from the brahmin point of view is not statesman like.
RE:Not true
by sgpal on Jul 08, 2006 02:41 PM Permalink
Resrevation docs are not duds and TN has one of the best health care systems???? My my these reservationists are learning the trick rapidly.Fine reserved docs are not duds.They have to read 10 times the same thing the others read twice to understand.The missiles do fly, but what of the patients who die and the bridges that collapse before being built and the machines that dont work etc due to the dud coins? If they are not duds ( your claim) then why do you need reservation for them?? Your stupid reservation mentality stands exposed.
RE:Not true
by Why me? on Jul 31, 2006 08:06 PM Permalink
<<Fine reserved docs are not duds.They have to read 10 times the same thing the others read twice to understand.>>
Sgpal - So you've come to this half-baked conclusion based on impeccable research - I guess! Good. It only shows the stereotype your cerebrum wants to cherish. You can be a frog in the well and rant what you want - it's your choice - first, try to post your reply in the appropriate place instead of posting it elsewhere - you guys talk about one time and ten times, merit - you guys and your 'totally disconnected from ground reality' empty rhetoric - Jeez.
Vasumathi: I apologize if what I said sounded like chest-thumping for Chennai and TN - I accept that there's a lot of scope for improvement. Basic decency and other things you've mentioned are subjective - I've also seen people spitting paan inside theaters also outside of TN, crappy public transport in Delhi, fellatio under umbrellas in broad daylight on the lawns of Victoria Mahal in Calcutta and other stuff - but I think it's blatantly unfair to generalize an entire state or culture based on its ugly side. If you're stereotyping chennai based on its auto-drivers and lack of Hindi - I'm sorry, then.
RE:Not true
by vasumathi on Jul 29, 2006 02:25 PM Permalink
Dude whyme? i can tell u honestly, i have been to n number of cities in India from calcutta in east to delhi in north to calicut in south, in terms of basic decency, human values and in some cases (not all) also facilities tamil nadu has a loooong way to go. Chennai city in my view is dying. It is going backward. Hardly anyone is left there. Dont know much abt other tamilian cities. The only thing tamil politicians have done is give the state a bad name (like laloo yadav).
