they say you give a child 20 paisa, when he extends his hands, and you have made him a beggar for life. in life anything you attain by easy methods, does not make you appreciate its worth. having said that, i do accept that there are many scheduled castes and tribes and other backward communities in india who have been wronged upon when basics like education etc were not given to them. things have to change and the people need to be educated and employment given so that communities can be uplifted!
the number of communities that was identified in the constitution that were in need of reservation was just a few hundreds (800 something i'm not sure), has now escalated in the 58 odd years to a few thousands approx 3600 and something)now. 58 years and we have increased the number of communities but has nothing been done by way of upliftment? i would have thought when you uplifted each community, you have raised their standard of living etc. but it seems to be that once they fall within the purview of reservations, it is theirs for their lifetime and of many generations more to come!
reservations upto educational levels is fine. reservation is schools, colleges including professional colleges are also equally important. once they qualify then they are on their own and have to compete on merit. becos from then on they are as uplifted as any of the others. on par in education. reserving quotas for jobs for a candidate who has scored lower percentage marks and lenient marking to enter a job is not fair. he will only bring with him mediocrity and continue to feel let down and squashed and overtaken by the meritorius students who come in! he may have a job, but he continues to feel inferior and gets treated like that too..
reservation should be on the basis of communities upto educational level, and thereafter if need be should be on the income group level and that too to enter into employment. the rest of the journey into life they make on their merit.
now if you admit a person on a quota in a medical college, give him lenient marking, and lower the pass marks, and then give him employment when he qualifies... how many of you will actually want to consult the chap when you are ill? maybe the poor and the uneducated will. but is life so cheap that we go to expensive doctors and relegate the poor to mediocrity bordering on incompetence? then why do we cry so much about a doctors imcompetence when he makes serious mistakes that results in death?
by and large, i think reservation is good only up to educational level. after that you compete on your merit! there is still a lot more i would like to say, but i shall restrain myself here at this point and see how the debate goes! 😃
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