aarakshan-The reservation dilema

Had a chance to view the movie and felt like penning down a few thoughts on this controversial subject.60 years since independence and the political regimes could only think of divisive politics and ensure people and their vote banks are kept happy so that they can return to power for their hidden agendas.What happens to the nation or its future is nobody's baby.

The moot point is we need to ensure we provide for basic education to each Indian and ensure it is implemented without bias.This has to be done very consistently and create a base for the people across the caste and religion to compete on even terms.The brain is not dalit or backward class.Its the mindset and circumstances created used to extract your pound of flesh.Then we don't need to set aside special categories and cut off percentages if given an even playing field.

Now comes the immediate question.How does one tackle the current lot and create that even playing field, without disrupting the future generations?If we give them special considerations as blanket clearances, then it will be a field day for all and result in a big wedge being driven down humanity creating a deep divide amongst us Indians.Why not try to improve the competitiveness by making the students of all strata appear for a common entrance and evaluate based on mental aptitude and EQ etc rather than areas which the under privileged may not be exposed to.Mental alertness, EQ, aptitude is god given without caste and gender. Then where is the issue.Have weightages for academics, overall aptitude tests etc and evaluate them.

If a person from a very backward area wins 50 million rupees on a reality show,or can perform brilliantly in dance and drama,then why not education?Ambani's of reliance rose from rags to riches.So did many others .Did they ask for special privileges??

When the same guys contest political elections their brains work, right?They know how to manipulate various minds and seek votes, make tons of money through scams,wriggle out of the tightest of situations etc,then how come only when it comes to getting admissions that they need special concessions??On the other hand the open category people then start seeking ways to change names and get false caste certificates and call themselves the backward class just to get the advantage of reserved category due to sheer desperation.The deserving students who miss their admissions due to 1% or less are the ones that get driven to the ultimate desperation- suicide.

Do you want to be treated by a Doctor who just scraped through his exams and managed to get an admission purely as he belonged to the backward class???What if he fails to save a human life?What if a building an engineer from the similar class who builds it, collapses??Do we give him concessions there to just because he is a Dalit ????

Lets take this up seriously and prevent the Mayawati's not create a divide or else soon we will have UNITED STATES OF INDIA WITH 200 STATES!1000 CASTES AND SUBCASTES AND A RESERVATION OF 99% WITH ONLY 1% FOR CATEGORY LIKE OURS.