RESERVATION DESERVATION!!!!

Reservation incidentally is not the idea of an India whose time has come. The repercussion of the political decision for reserving half of the quotas for the scheduled castes and tribes has starkly divided the nation into educational ghettoization. This certainly does not augur well for a nation that so very well is trying to root its paws into the den of developed nations.

More importantly, this does not hold good for the tomorrow of a nation which seems inspiringly proud of having in possession the youngest dormant human resource pool available across nations.
The oft repeated plagiarized quote by our Prime Minister Dr. MM Singh sounds so much a farce at this point in time. To put it accordingly – “An idea whose time has come”

This certainly is not a blueprint whose time has come, Dear Sir.

Reservation subjected to caste is an initiative that has had to be aborted at the fetal stage itself. Or rather an idea which should not have been impregnated into the minds at the first place!

What are we talking about? Reservations in the name of caste!?

Honestly speaking, as an inspired nation, we do not expect us (read: India) to be led by mindsets pertaining to the 18th century! The obesity of eccentricities by a bundle of jokers sitting at the helm of affair is very perplexing!

There are some exceptions to the rule though. And the exceptions are distinctly well laid when it comes to reservations. Provide enough and equal opportunities for “reserved” ones from primary and high school levels, so that they could be in great competition amongst equals!
After all, no nation can afford to rest assured its future on semi-boiled talents.

Also provide opportunities (economical as well as social security) to the real latent potentials amongst these camps that are oblivious in this muddle of caste and creed.

Surely, there would be academic gems in the scheduled castes and tribes too. Scout for these talents, nurture them at nascent stages, condition them to succeed and then watch the bloom of a nation showering out from a rainbow of talents.

Reservation on the basis of caste! The sooner we dump those fuddy-duddy baggages, the better it would be promises for our nation. As the thumping cliché the generation next has been vociferously sloganeering - “Let merit be the deciding factor and not the womb!”

Now let us shift our focus on another aspect. But equally knitted with this paraphernalia of “reservations”!
This would be one of the most hilariously ridiculous prepositions any nation would have faced.

A year back, our Honorable Prime Minister unveiled a project which he made everyone believe was a dream project.

Christened – NATIONAL KNOWLEDGE COMMISSION

Goal – Advise the Prime Minister on matters relating to institutions of knowledge production, knowledge use and knowledge dissemination.

Mandate of the commission – To sharpen India’s “knowledge edge”.

Now does this have any place in our country where in a class of hundred, 50 would be burning the midnight oil to get well placed into respectable positions in the society and the other half would be as relaxed as ever, comfortably squatting on the sofa called reservations.

Reservations in premier and specialized institutions today might percolate into private sectors the day after tomorrow. This is very much a possibility looking at the way the politics of our country functions or rather malfunctions.

To relate an anecdote -

During my sojourn to Pune recently, the gentleman with whom I had the pleasure of sharing my seat was an alumnus of the prestigious IIT – Kanpur who was also presently pursuing his MBA from IIM – Ahemadabad (both on merit basis).

The journalist in me cringed to take his views on this whole reservation debate.

If his thoughts on reservations could be taken as a symbolic representation of what runs through the minds of the students who have made through the merit list vis-à-vis, the reserved lists, we could well come up with some conclusion on whether to put this thing in or to dump the issue in the bin.

“Personally if you ask me, I would say that it is ridiculous for us to still debate on this issue of reservation based on caste. During my engineering at IIT (K) most of the students who came on the so called “quota” were so casual about their studies. And mind, you they were not from families who could not afford them the luxuries of a good life. They belonged to rich families and had all the pleasures of living. Not saying that there were not any students from the list who did not do well, but most of them took things so nonchalantly and relaxed. Some of them have been there for years”.

Let everyone play on an equal field. Do not elevate the field for somebody just on the basis of their caste or birth.

The people who are for the reservation bill say that since India has 50% of SC and ST’s, and only 15% of general merit class, there has been huge injustice for them in terms of reservation.
Well said. The point is respected.

In that case, an out of the box solution is to be thought with respect to the reservation issue.

Maybe we should make the whole country OBC or Other Backward Class!

After all in the world’s eye, we seem to be going backwards anyways, right Mr. Arjun Singh?