Reservation is growing day by day from the day it was implemented just after independence. I don’t know if it was the foresight of the politicians at that time or they really cared for those who belonged to the weaker sections of the society but it is still working for their “child politicians”.
It has been well discussed that the reservation must not be there on the basis of the caste but on the basis of the economy (if it must be) , still we continue to divide the country on the basis of caste, religion, sex, etc (ironically while we are actually trying to unite by this.). Although we saw a glimpse of it in OBC reservation (exemption of creamy layer) , but the issue to be addressed is far from the reach of mere and dirty politics.
Whenever I hear stories of the destruction caused, when the mandal committee passed the matter of reservation for SC/ST people, my heart fills with sad anger. Do we always have to fight for our rights, do we always need to threaten the government for what we want. I saw a glimpse of it during the recent “Gujjar-Meena” issue, where the government bent after the community started to destroy the public property at large. Recently, while I was coming from Guwahati to Delhi, our Rajdhani was stopped by few CPI-M members protesting that no Rajdhani stops at their small station and they face problems commuting. When I inquired, I found New Jalpaiguri(NJP), the largest station of West Bengal was just 1 hour away. I agree you are having problems people but this is not the way to get your demands fulfilled by the government.
I just fear of the day when there will be incidents like this even for the demands of electricity or water. But there is no one else to complaint, our government never act until their ass is on fire.
I dream of the day when someone (at least one of them) will rise all above this, and will raise his/her (I don’t want to discriminate them) voice against the whole idea of dividing the country on the basis of caste or religion or sex. Amen!!
LESS HYPED MANAGEMENT QUOTA [RICH QUOTA] IS WORST
Management quota is
1) Illegal [donations are illegal acc. to UGC , and for which they can be deaffiliated ].
2) It affects more people as private colleges comprise 70% of the total seats.
3) It divides rich and poor people [as u say reservations should be provided to poor, here it is reservation for the rich].
4) It compromises merit and SC/ST quota acc to u just satisfies last 2 points but its not illegal.
BUT STILL SOME PEOPLE PROTEST AGAINST SC/ST QUOTA [EVEN STUDENTS JUSTIFY DISCRIMINATION IN COLLEGES AGAINST SC/STs BECAUSE OF THEIR QUOTA], AND DO NOT RAISE THEIR VOICES AGAINST MANAGEMENT QUOTA. THEY SAY SC/ST DOCTORS ARE NOT CAPABLE OF TREATING PEOPLE AND DO NOT SAY SO FOR MANAGEMENT QUOTA GUYS, WHO BUY SEATS AND GET MBBS DEGREE FROM A PRIVATE COLLEGE RUNNING IN SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS. THEY DO NOT SAY SO ABOUT DEFENCE GUYS, GOVT QUOTA GUYS , NRI QUOTA GUY’S. IF ACCORDING TO THEM, SC/STs DESERVE DISCRIMINATION BECAUSE OF THEIR QUOTA, WHY DON’T THEY TREAT MANAGEMENT, DEFENCE, GOVERNMENT, HANDICAPPED, AND NRI QUOTA GUYS THIS WAY.
MOST ANTI-RESERVATIONISTS MAY NOT KNOW THIS:
GOVT QUOTA AND NRI PEOPLE GET SEATS IN CENTRAL COLLEGES WITHOUT EVEN HAVING TO APPEAR FOR THE ENTRANCE EXAMS. HANDICAPPED QUOTA MERIT LIST GOES LOWER THAN SC/ST QUOTA AND DEFENCE QUOTA MERIT IS SOMETIMES LOWER , AND MOST TIMES AROUND SC QUOTA.
THIS SHOWS THE HOLLOWNESS AND GREED OF ANTI-RESERVATIONISTS.
I honor your concern about the management quota, but that does not justify caste based reservation at all. I am against caste based reservation as it (according to me) is the greatest threat to the unity of the nation at the moment. And just because something is legal doesn’t means that it is right. Laws change with government and time but not the principles.
You can’t ask a person, who is against cruelty to dogs to be against cruelty to other animals too. I hope you understand the point. So, “Caste based reservation” tops my list, and I do not consider others to be worth fighting/writing for.
Also, I do not agree with your smart-ass line about our hollowness and greed. Actually that makes no sense at all to me, care to explain?
And don’t you think the road of reservation has become a easy way to get hard things. Why do you ask for admissions into the institute and not good primary and secondary educational facilities ? Because its easier, isn’t it!!