Dog day out

China’s health ministry unthinkingly held the mass dog slaughter in the Guangdong province of the country as a measure for prevention of rabies. Almost 52,000 dogs were brutally stamped out without even making an allowance for other peaceful options like vaccination. What is more appalling is that none of them were even tested for rabies; all of them were killed outright. In another province an added 6000 were slaughtered in a similar manner. All this for 72 human lives!

Dogs were beaten to death and owners were paid 63 cents to get their pooch trampled. The government offices refused to answer calls from protestors who opposed this massacre. What is inexcusable is that the increase in rabies in the past few years was due to substandard vaccines given to dogs according to a study done by Animal rights activists. The dogs paid for the Chinese government’s wickedness.

Since this is China we are talking about, it is a waste of time trying to question the reasoning behind this monstrous act, but one wonders at the shocking arrogance of humanity and its total lack of respect for the other creatures that share this earth with us. I feel like perishing when I realize that in a matter of 5 to 10 years tigers will cease to exist. These abysmally low figures are again courtesy China! The fact that there are only 4000 wild tigers left on this planet is the biggest failure of human civilization.

Although India and the United states have healthier Animal rights policies than China, thousands of deers who infiltrate into cities are ruthlessly wiped out in America. Talk of infiltration into someone’s land! Especially when human beings have vanquished and destroyed the whole earth! The irony of this can take life. India is no better. Recall the bird flu incident?

One only hopes now, that the rest of the species doesn’t meet the terrible fate of the tiger. Or the dogs!

The uproar of the unreserved

India is taking a big leap backwards to 1500-100 BC when the cast system was conceptualised. We've gone back in times when Brahmins, Vaisyas and Kshatriyas were known to be born twice and were considered purer than the Sudras, better known as untouchables nowadays! This age old structure of pollution vs purity is proving to be a tad bit expensive for the offsprings of the so called pure. Why should 'we' pay for the stupidity of the generations gone by is a question often asked. The question itslef shows that this young generation is completely in opposition to the quotas simply because they refuse to find logic here. And how can one find logic in a policy which is totally contradictory to it's intent.

Reservation is a doctrine so garbled that you can't in your sane state expect it to solve cast or race asymmetries. By doing so you are creating more mess. How can you bring about a state of social equilibrium when you are the one knowing it apart? In a matter of few years we'll be back to square one, only this time with the open catagory demanding reservations. Or maybe not, as most of them will prefer rooting abroad. What a waste of human resources. Gosh!!

First things first. We need to get things in perspective. When people oppose reservations they don't counter the empowerment of dalits or OBCs. What they play off is feeding cast based discounts, especially within the field of education because it is a patrimony of every citizen of this world!

Agreed, the dalits need to be indued. That they are the poorest of citizens, landless, illiterate and victims of appaling atrocities like prohibition from attending services in some temples and usage of village wells is a shame. That they are stereotyped by certain popular generalizations like coarse features and dark color is ignominious. But is quotas in education an answer to this state of affairs? Is putting one person's life at stake for another's welfare correct?

People need to understand that reservations is quicker on the votes and also easier to implement than following through the problems stated above and coming up with a visible solution! And this is exactly what the government is doing. Giving access to resources, working on better primary schools or training the oppressed substantially would be cracking a tough cookie and the government is too profaned and lazy for that!

It is witless and demeaning of the government to claim amends from the so called upper castes for errors sited in the past. This is purely vindictive and will do no good to the country, especially if it is brought into the private sector. Imagine paying lakhs to dimwit doctors at Hinduja hospital, who'ev passed courtesy grace marks?!? Scary huh??

Compromising merit and excellence for incapablity will eventually embarass India's famish to be a global super power.