Dear All The term *Surname *has been misspelt as *Sir Name* in this logical article. Please read accordingly.
Sincerely Bimal Prasad, Orissa On 14/06/2008, Sudesh Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Reservation, Religious Conversion and Development of Schedule Class > (ST/SC) in India Sudesh > Kumar > > 14/6/2008 > > > *Tribal and Christian* are already two big social classes separate to each > other. Jharkhand High Court (HC) should not call Tribal-Christian* *to* > *people > in official term since; it's not giving any benefit to them for their past > life being a Tribal. By saying Tribal-Christian HC is itself creating new > social class in country. In better way HC should defined all converted > people as Christian. So that, people could be better off as Christian or > Tribal coz neither of them are minority as a whole in Indian context but, if > new class will be promoted as *Tribal-Christian* then, it will certainly > bring a minority class as per population size etc. > > > > Also, I had been hardly heard the term - *Tribal-Muslim* or > *Tribal-Hindu*asking for their ST status. From my personal experiences, I > know, govt. has > no objection if Tribal is Hindu (Tribal by origin + Hindu by faith=* > Tribal-Hindu*) and enjoying ST status to get all reservations. In real > example – one of my Oraon friends is Hindu *(by faith & possibly from last > many generations)* and he is enjoying ST status. Similarly, if another > Oraon friend of mine is Christian then he should be equally enjoying ST > status like my *Tribal-Hindu* friend do. > > > > * * > > *Why and how should the reservation be from my view?* > > > > If you go to get caste / tribe certificate from local govt office, at that > time officer does enquiry and verify your family backgrounds, such as > your family (sir) name etc. So, if you belong to particular tribe / caste > then possibly you would be carrying its Sir Name. But, when religious > conversion takes place, some people change format of their traditional name > including *Sir Name. *Also,* *at the same time, some people change format > of first and middle name but don't change their Sir Name. > > > > When people carry Sir Name means they feel proud to show their origin and > community or family identity of past life and generations. Now, if we find > people who still embrace their Sir Name but, *namelogy or format* of first > and middle name has changed due to religious conversion. In that case > person should be fully eligible to get *Schedule or Reservation* status. > Why? To better understand it, we should first know the - *why people need > reservation and why they get it?* It has needed to promote everyone > equally by a state. As we simply know*, "a person / community deserve to > have schedule or reservation status if s/he is away from mainstream of > society and in trap of socio-economic-political backwardness (i.e., called > poverty circle in development economics language) more than the general > population."* Our governments have given reservation to a Tribal and * > Dalit-Outcaste* *(person who is not associated to caste pyramid as > per ancient Hindu Religion)* because they deserve to get it as per above > mentioned definition of need of reservation. > > > > And this govt reservation policy certainly up-lifted many but, of course > not to everyone since, it was not that much perfect for everyone whoever > comes in Scheduled Status. So, some people of this status look > for better-offs through their individual efforts and out of these some got > in catch of religious conversion in order to speed-up their > socio-economic-political development, so that we can treat them equally. > > > > From the above discussion here, we find two elements to promote development > of Schedule Status granted people. > > > > 1. Govt Development Policy for entire scheduled community; > > > > 2. Individual Policy - (education, job, business, access of future > insurance instruments and religious conversion etc). Here, *religious > conversion and better access of Christian missionaries support* is best > individual development tool in short run for one person or one poverty > trapped community in Indian context. > > > > Now, the question is *for how long this Scheduled Status should be granted > to people? *After having better use of above mentioned both policies > suppose, people has been developed more from their previous level of life at > all fronts such as socio-economic and political etc. *Then does it changed > their past life? *Of course not and obviously it can change only present > or future but not the past. *So, from their past life they have been > carrying problems of long run nature *and it will take a long time to > solve their problems of long run nature, possibly it can take couple of > generations. Now, we should be agreed to take out reservation policy after > certain time, let say after 3rd generations since, it was granted. So, Dr > Ambedkar was absolutely right, as he said this reservation policy should be > removed after certain numbers of years. > > > > *But, does present reservation policy did give equal development to all > scheduled status granted people?* As we see, more than 70 percent of > people didn't get benefit as much govt. have expected to provide them in > order to connect them from main stream of society. On the other side, there > are also 30 percent of scheduled status granted people, who have used it at > best. *And still these 30 percent people are using it even if they don't > deserve it.* So, our govt reservation policy is out dated now. > > > > Here it can be concluded that – *there is no question of how long > reservation policy should go but, the point is failure of govt reservation > policy *(either due to political un-stability or whatever reason). Also, > the problem that is being faced by above mentioned 70 percent of Scheduled > status granted people is still main issue of concern because, if it goes on > then we will have more added problem such as - Naxal, Religious Conversion > etc. So, can we look for such a good policy that can finish poverty-circle > of *those 70 percent of Scheduled status* *people* including general > people regardless of their caste, religion and communities?** > > * * > > ** > > First Posted @ http://www.mynews.in/fullstory.aspx?storyid=5991 > > > > > *Jharkhand Network | Jharkhand.org.in/network > *<http://www.jharkhand.org.in/network> > <http://egroups.com/list/Jharkhand> > * * > > > > -- Bimal Prasad Bhubaneswar Cell +91 9937353293
