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It was Babasaheb Ambedkar's vision to have a society based on liberty, equality and fraternity. After 50 years of Independence reservations seem to a problem rather than a solution.
Problem? To whom? I guess those who don't benefit from this measure in a hierarchical caste-defined society are going to complain about it. Just look at the way the one-sided media barrage (against reservations) has been going on in the past few days.
The politicians want it now enhanced to the IIMs and IITs. What next? Will they be pitching for reservations in the India's cricket team too?
And, you might get a better cricket team! On a more serious note, you have a serious 'reservation' system running this region for generation and centuries -- where tiny elite groups control disproportionately large resources -- and when government seats are allocated to those who have an unfair handicap in an unequal race, all hell breaks loose!
Reservations, if any, should be only for the economically deprived and never on the basis of caste.
Why not? I fail to understand the logic of this BJP-inspired argument. When poverty and caste has such a close congruence in our part of the world, why can't caste be used as the determining factor? The equivalent of this argument would be: arguments in court should be allowed only to those who have a logical mind, but should never be restricted to a profession (e.g. lawyers)!
We cannot have reservations for doctors and engineers otherwise we would be building morgues and crumbling bridges.
Like other critics of pro-deprived section reservations, Aires is twisting the issue unfairly. Nobody gets reservations in exams, they only get it to join an institution. Meaning, once they're in, everyone faces the same exam. (And we also know the kind of caste-based humiliation that people have to face in institutions of higher education... you can't argue they don't deserve to be there!) Recently, the OUTLOOK magazine, known for its fairly enlightened position, had this cover story showing how some people with a Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe background (the "lowest" of the "low) had got access to higher education, and had done brilliantly at the national level and beyond. We don't know how many Shakespeares and Einstins we are killing unsung by keeping them illiterate and badly educated. The faster India offers social justice to its various groups, the better chances it has to go ahead globally. An unjust society is an unstable one. FN PS: Any views on reservations in the context of Goa? _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)