After enjoying the benefits that the state provided to Gopi when there was virtually no competetion when he entered elite institutions, it is his turn to become a turncoat and prevent others from enjoying the benefits. Does he know the privileges enjoyed by Forward Communities at selections made to elite institutions like AIIMS at even the resident and senior resident levels. I do know that many reserved candidates find it difficult to compete academically with Forward Community Candidates, but i also know that almost all Forward Community Candidates who come out of elite institutions do not stay back to serve their motherland and talk about mosquitoes, lack of power, inability to comprehend the rural atmosphere, etc, when you ask them why they flock abroad. Almost all the doctors whom i Know have come out of AIIMS and have gone back to their peripheral roots are these so called reserved candidates. Merit is good, But if you make rural service compulsory and enforce it, I am sure these antireservationists will run helter-skelter.When you provide people from underprivileged communities an opportunity, they are very likely to go back to serve in areas where their service is required.
RE:Thanks Gopi for being so selfish
by King on Jun 10, 2006 11:46 AM Permalink
Dr. Saravana,
Looks like you havent read the article carefully and continuing with the same old unrelated points that pro-reservationists have been talking all along.
Firstly, the author clearly points out that though he was an OBC, he NEVER took benefit of any reservations. Hence, calling him selfish is totally wrong.
What exact "privileges" do the "Forward" communities enjoy at selections, Sir? They are completely based on marks at the entrance exams. Now one may argue that marks arent the best judge, but thats a separate issue and has to be treated, if at all, uniformly for everyone.
And what has "staying back" in the motherland got to do with caste? If opportunity is given to an OBC, he too will flock outside. Are you trying to say that only OBCs are "patriotic" and forward castes are not?
The question of "Rural service" is a noble one. But dont link this issue with caste based politics. The two issues are totally different. Dont mix them up for the sake of making some argument in favour of reservation. There just isnt any!!!
RE:Thanks Gopi for being so selfish
by Subhra Pratim Kabasi on Jun 10, 2006 11:15 AM Permalink
I differ from you . All human beings look for opportunities . Lot of professionals are coming back to India because opportunities are created now to make it big through hardwork and creative thinking . Like the writer I'm also a so called "OBC" boy from a middleclass family who competed in general category, studied B.E computer science in an REC, stayed away from using caste even after losing campus job in 2001 recession and worked hard to fight back and get a job in the so called "fiercely competitive" private sector. My younger sister also always competed in general category . now we work for one of the top consultancy firms in the world . It's about pride sir as Dr. Gopi correctly pointed out .
RE:Thanks Gopi for being so selfish
by Prashanth on Jun 09, 2006 07:40 PM Permalink
Cool, Prof Gopinathan had suggested a solution for u, Seperate IITs based on Caste, why dont u accept that, then. For your info, there is no resrvtn for FC's anywhere and if they are making it thr, it is all because of their hard/smartwork.I dont say only FCs have it, everyone has it and its upto to one to explot it, but not by backdoor business!
RE:Thanks Gopi for being so selfish
by CV on Jun 10, 2006 11:50 AM Permalink
You are such a loser in life. Hey, how did you get your Doctorate or Medical degree? I am sure by back-door entry method, also called "reservation". Dude, I can clearly see you are not worthy of your doctorate or medical degree. If after such a prestegious qualification, you continue to have such stupid thoughts and such a narrow outlook, I have no doubt that you are a person who has not come up with your hard work unlike the writer. So, shut up and try not to demean your fellow doctorates or doctors by writing a "DR" in front of your name.
Sarvanan is fabricating Stories
by Dr. Anurag on Jun 09, 2006 07:48 PM Permalink
Prof. Gopi has brought abt the facts, howsoever bitter it may be to some incompetent Creamy Layers demanding Crutches as their birth right.
Perhaps Sarvanan does not have correct stats on Doctors and Engineers passing out from Elite Institutes. For his info, most of the students come from middle and lower middle class families from semi-urban areas of UP, Punjab,Haryana,Bihar,Orissa,W.Bengal, MP ,etc. These students have entered the top Institutes by virtue of their hard work and determination and NOT with Crutches. Very few students are from Southern States, where education system coupled with Quota/Reservation talent has been the biggest victim.Indeed talent from these States has migrated to other States.
While most of the Doctors from these elite Institutes are serving their Country as Specialists and Super Specialists, most of the Engineers do migrate to foreign countries in search of better facilities for Higher Studies and Research, which has been denied by the power hungry and Vote hungry Congress and Communists in this Country. However, these world class Engineers are serving the Nation in many ways.
The moral of the story is EQUALITY FOR ALL Crutches for none
RE:Thanks Gopi for being so selfish
by Saju Dominic on Jun 10, 2006 11:02 AM Permalink
MSG has plenty of perls to offer in this piece. Sample the one below. "Charity demeans both the giver and the receiver." Amen to that!
RE:Thanks Gopi for being so selfish
by Parul on Jun 09, 2006 09:19 PM Permalink
Mr Sarvana
I disagree with everything you have said and you seem to be one of the greedy ones who want to - what did you say - enjoy - the reservations. This country is not here to provide you pleasure.
Second - I agree with one thing - we should make rural service compulsory in India - no visas granted till it is shown that you have done some rural service. Now that's the line of thinking you should pursue, Mr. Sarvana. And also learn to respect a man like Prof G.
