The reservation system in India is like a two headed snake that spits out venom and hurts the very people it is supposed to protect. Arjun Singh, HRD minister of India is set to impose an almost 50% OBC reservation in government-funded higher institutions of education.
Reservations in India, far from serving the purpose of national integration, creates yet another caste in India. That of the academically disabled. While on the one hand proposals to increase the pass rate from 35% and changes to syllabus are strictly opposed by OBC students,on the other hand reservation quotes are rammed down the throats of higher institutions of education , without much debate and in much haste. Fostering an atmosphere of entitlement rather than merit does not serve the purpose of a country competing globally and for whom a vital source of revenue comes for outsourcing and export of IT techies. More importantly, it depresses and dampens the spirit of our youth. Students scoring as high as 90% are forced to take on streams of education they have no interest it while someone who scores a mere 50% can get into a premier institution. Social justice cannot be perverted and then justified. It makes a mockery out of the word justice. Politics is a dirty game and each political party barters its soul to the devil to gain a few votes. These policies of appeasement do little to uplift but doubtless do much for the vote-banks and bank accounts of our politicians. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)