reservation is a populist policy and it has been in existence for past 50 years, it's impossible for any government to take it back. The 'unreserved' class has no choice but to flog off to mediocre university in western countries like UK, Canada and USA.even non-English speaking European countries are attracting large number of Indians by starting their courses in English and selling seats like candies to anyone who's willing to pay. This caste based reservation is benefiting western economies and their knowledge pool. But in country like India with 'chalta hai' attitude no one cares as everyone's concerned with his/her bread only. India will suffer tremendously in coming future from this reservation policy.
RE:reservation is a populist policy
by Nandakumar Chandran on May 14, 2008 06:22 PM Permalink
without doubt india is losing out on its most precious resource - the intelligence of its people. the only people to benefit from the reservation system are the politicians (who get to power because of it) and the mediocre (who get college seats/jobs that they would not otherwise get). the claim of states like tamil nadu doing well and being amongst the top states in india is pathetic - because if we retained our best brains our country would be amongst the top in the world. foreign countries are reaping the benefits of the indian brain drain.
