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.