There was a significant percentage of OBCs and SC/ST and NT/DT guys in our batch....barring a few of them, the rest of them were very sincere and hardworking and some of them were quite intelligent too...
However, my observation was the upper caste Marathis, South Indians and to some extent the Gujaratis almost ostracized them in all 4 years of engineering....
The Upper caste guys would typically form project groups amongst themselves...travel from home to collge together and even enjoy and have fun together.... Almost as if these guys did not exist...simply put, many of these guys who come on seat are either ignored or patronized or ridiculed....but they are never treated as equals..
Now, as you people know, engineering or medical, it is all about teamwork...you can't exists in a vacuum and work in isolation, it is all about team work and team peojects and practicals...
This also means that these guys on reserved seats can't get the inputs and learning from the brightest students in the batch and generally tend to form groups amongst themselves..
So, the end result is that many of them do badly in their 4 years in engineering and end up with multiple KTs(failures) which translates to many of them not being able to complete their degrees in 4 years....
The point i'am making is that if upper caste students are more accepting and inclusive, these weaker students would have a steeper learning curve and they would be able to feed off on the values that we cheri
RE:My experience in VJTI in Mumbai!!
by Dingbat on Apr 12, 2008 12:22 AM Permalink
The point i'am making is that if upper caste students are more accepting and inclusive, these weaker students would have a steeper learning curve and they would be able to feed off on the values that we cherish and uphold...the general upliftment of the lower castes can only happen if we upper caste guys shed off our snotty high nose mentality...
RE:My experience in VJTI in Mumbai!!
by Rajeev G on Apr 12, 2008 12:27 AM Permalink
The idea is not bad.. But dont generalize stuff.. It would make a good point if you did something in those 4 yrs..
RE:My experience in VJTI in Mumbai!!
by on on Apr 12, 2008 12:36 AM Permalink
I am a staunch RSS activist and a Brahmin. Any policy that is anti-Brahmin, I will oppose. I hate lower castes. They are sub-human
RE:My experience in VJTI in Mumbai!!
by narayan on Apr 12, 2008 12:39 AM Permalink
Your posting is despicible but it demonstrates why the state has to push with affirmative action.
RE:My experience in VJTI in Mumbai!!
by chamar on Apr 12, 2008 12:45 AM Permalink
now that they will be 49.5 among say 100 yhey can easily move together and work together rather than bothering bout others attitude towards them!this is wat u wantd!right?
