iam very sad to read such a short sighted ostrich minded article by Prof M S Gopinathan . he is no doubt tecnically superior intellectual but poor in his grasp of indian socio-politico-economic dynamics . such intellectuals are cut of from contemporary social reality and live in their own elitist ideas generated in airconitioned atmosphere no matter if they are born in dalit ,tribal or backward cates. castebased bias in our society is a bitter reality and shamefully these intellectuals deny it.i request every rediffian to go through recent praful bidwai's article on this issue or writings of scholors such as gail omvedt , mark gallanter etc for a broader perspective. my heart bleeds when as a journalist i become witness to horrible plight of people who encounter implicit discrimination on the tacit grounds of caste ,religion and gender where as a small chunk of mediocres thrive with their cash ,caste,connections based 'merit'.may be we should wake up quickly to undo this centuries old monstrous legacy by giving the deprieved their due or else face severe social unrest.
RE:re:OBCs should throw away the demeaning crutches offered
by CV on Jun 11, 2006 09:17 AM Permalink
Typical lawyer-speak. What bull-shit are you talking about. What socio-economic bias are you talking about. Even in the US, they try to integrate the African-Americans and the Native-Indians into the mainstream, but I have not seen a single incident of that violating time-tested and universal laws of MERIT, unlike in India where the politicians dole out reservation and concessions as if education and seats are their father's property and some people shamelessly lap it up.
