I am Sick!!!!

Of Ill motivated policies, of poor thoughts, of cheap politics and there is no medicine for any of these, not even Reservation!!!!!

Just a minute, I am not able to stop laughing….. yes not able to stop laughing,,, but why, because I cannot cry nor can I complain….. I am helpless….. Our country is helpless but why... ?? Yes most of us in our country are helpless. It has taken me more than a week to just settle down and have the courage and the motivation to pen down my feelings after such a historic judgment by the Honorable Supreme Court of India.

I am talking about the judgment on reservation for OBC’s in the elite institutes of the country. Why did it take more than a week for me to settle down and digest this verdict?
The following points may be the reasons I can explain to be some of the reasons why it took me such long time to accept the decision and do nothing more than that.

1) Only 1.5 out of every hundred in India go for higher education, and without any doubt more than 90% of these must be people from General Category. (The figure of 1.5 out of 100 is based on a report from a leading magazine and the 90% thing is my assumption, if u think for yourself I think u would agree with this number, just think about your peers)

2) 50 per cent of the IIT seats for the SCs and STs remain vacant, and for the remaining 50 per cent, 25 per cent are the candidates who even after six years fail to get their degrees. (Are reservations really working, where ever they are existing now - Source: IIT research, Blog of my friend Mahesh)

3) In Delhi University, between 1995 and 2000, just half the seats for under-graduates at the Scheduled Castes level and just one-third of the seats for under-graduates at the Scheduled Tribes level were filled. All the others went empty, unfilled. (So, again, are reservations working? - Source: Parliamentary Committee on the welfare for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Blog of my friend Mahesh)

4) Overall in India, only 16 per cent of the places in higher education are occupied by SCs and STs. The quota is 22.5 per cent, which means that only two-thirds of the quota is occupied. One-third is going waste, it is being denied to other people (- Source: The Hindustan Times, Blog of my friend Mahesh)

5) No study in the country is available to prove or justify the population of OBCs, I know this point is irrelevant when we want to be in a reservation free society, but just wanted to highlight the fact that why and how has the government and the Supreme Court had a consensus on the figure of 27% reservation.

6) Dr. Ambedkar who started the policy of reservation during his times clearly mentioned and highlighted the fact that reservation is just a short term tool to bring equality in the country, so his insisted that the reservation for SCs and STs which he proposed need to be slowly removed after a certain period of time. But god help us it has been 60+ years after our independence and none of us have either seen any change in the life of SCs or STs due to the reservation and neither the policy has been reviewed or removed as per the direction of Dr. Ambedkar.

7) Now coming again to Dr. Ambedkar’s line of thought, he initiated this reservation program thinking that it would work wonders for the country, but unfortunately it has not at least for the past 60 years, so I pity on our country and the bureaucrats at the top who even after seeing such a big failure haven’t reviewed or removed the existing reservation policy and in fact they have come up with another topping on the Ice as another reservation policy thinking that at least this will work. Now god please tell me who in the world will explain these people that when you have played with a policy for 60 years and it has not worked does it make any sense to come up with another such ill motivated policy to play with the lives of the people of the country.

8) Does any political party in this country think beyond VOTES, I haven’t encountered any yet. In my life from when I have come to senses I have not seen any move by a single political party which was not politically motivated. The verdict on reservation is a rare incident where no political party has dared or even dreamt of speaking up against the verdict even if they have opposite feelings. You know why??? Because if they dare to raise their voice against this they will straight away lose the votes of the so called OBCs and to bring you to the ground reality – More SC’s, ST’s and OBC’s go to vote than the general category people. So don’t you think these political parties would do anything to keep them happy, irrespective of what is good for the nation. For the brotherhood of everyone in the nation. No they are bothered only about YOUR VOTE, you promise them a vote, they will do any thing for u, yes anything means ANYTHING, trust me!!!!!

9) According to different reports including the census data (also the Mandal commission and other committees which were working on this) and other studies, the total number of castes which fall into the OBC category is not yet clear to anyone and also the basis on which they are being classified as OBC. So please explain me these things before you talk about welfare and equality.

10) If you know a bit of constitution or even if you have read your civics well in class IX, try to recollect the class when your social science teacher was talking about things like Unity in Diversity, No caste, creed or religion, brotherhood, equality and Fundamental Rights. If you can recollect something about all these issues you can remember that our constitution says there must not be any kind of differentiation based on caste, creed, religion or region in the country. So are policies like this one respecting the Constitution of the country which was formed with utmost care and good objective and intention for the NATION.

11) The Supreme Court of India itself rejected the case for reservation exactly one year back saying there is lack of information and valid studies or reports to implement any such kind of reservation, I am still surprised/ shocked what substantial it got in this one year to give a completely contradictory Judgment. May be I am not aware of the exact reasons and justifications behind it because I do not understand law, but I am still not convinced (with complete respect to the Supreme body, this is just my view).

12) The HRD minister Mr. X (I don’t want to use his name here, does not make any difference) in an interview with Karan Thapar was not able to answer a single question regarding the reservation policy one year back, my question is – when the person who is lobbying for a cause in the Parliament of the country does not even know a single thing about the issue why is he a minister at all at first place and why do we need such minister’s who don’t know what they are doing and what they need to do. I am damn sure that even after the judgment has been passed he is not sure even about a single fact regarding the issue and is just celebrating that something which he lobbied for is finally successful. I pity on him and on the country, we are heading towards a great future.

13) The population of the country which is not able to even complete schooling, if u reserve seats for them in post graduate level institutes what sense does it make. If you are seriously concerned about equality and stuff like that, first try to ensure that they are able to at least complete schooling and under graduation. And then you can think about other things.

14) They say General category students will not be affected by the reservation thing because they will increase the number of seats accordingly. Now who will tell these people that “BOSS, wake up, the nation does not have enough faculty to even fulfill the current strength and needs, IITs haven’t paid salary to their employees, quality of education is deteriorating at top institutes, there is no infrastructure in place at the moment, please don’t do this for the sake of it to make the general category voters feel that their interests have been taken care of, we (Indian citizens) don’t need your sympathy and concern, we would love to get our rights with merit and not from cheap political moves”.

15) Our country has almost one school on an average in every one kilometers distance except a few places in Bihar and Rajasthan, but do these schools have teachers, buildings, black boards, books, walls, and other infrastructure to even make it eligible to be called a SCHOOL. When you have problems at the ground floor and you are making policies to do something at the terrace, what does it speak about you and your senses? I don’t think some sane person will do this(I don’t mean that those who are making such policies are insane but what do I do, what ever they have done does not prove that they are using their senses, at least in the right direction for the right cause and problem)

16) I believe every citizen of this country respects Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru irrespective of their caste, religion, state, political party or any other mode of division. He was very particular in his statement and he very clearly said that he was against any kind of reservation in the country. So lets at least respect some ones words whom we all respect as a person, at least because he is a Chacha for all of us irrespective of any division you can create.

17) Now such sick policies and ideas will create even more sicker and crazier ideas in minds of people of the country, to start with minority status and reservation for Muslims, then for Christians then for parsi’s, sindhi’s, jain’s, and every other caste or religion. My god please save our country and the crazy ideas of people till they reach heaven to meet you, let them explain their crazy ideas to you directly in spite of wasting them here on earth and spoiling lives of innocent people around.

18) Assume yourself in a restaurant, theatre, school, hospital, court, stadium, your own office, your apartment or colony, street, temple, and any place which you visit regularly and try to fit this reservation policy there (22.5% for SCs and STs and 27% for OBCs, other reservations depending upon your state or locality), now start asking yourself how would you feel in these places and in different situations. I think there cannot be a better way to imagine the impact of any kind of reservation in the country.

19) Now as the reservation thing is implemented don’t you think a rift between these castes would have already started due to all the war of words going on for such a long time now, did we require this for such a ill thought policy.

I can keep on going with many other reasons like the few which I have stated above, but will it make any sense. The verdict has already been given by the most respectable Supreme Court of India. I would just say and in fact request all politically motivated souls of the country to GET A LIFE and stop playing with the lives and emotions of 110 crore people of the country. Please spare us for the sake of peace, harmony and brotherhood in the country. You want votes, I will give you my vote, in fact I will lobby for you irrespective of who you are, which state you are from, which religion you belong to, which caste you belong to, which sex you are of, and any such kind of questions. I just will look for good intention, practical orientation, good knowledge about the country and the people, do’s and don’ts of your job, and genuine hard working capability, that’s it you will get the vote of the whole nation, but please don’t play cheap politics and spoil lives of people in fighting with each other for material and immaterial things. We have a big and beautiful country, lets live with brotherhood and harmony. Please for GOD SAKE!!!!!!!!!!!

Now do you think I could have digested this fact yet, No, but this is the way life is, and finally I am here to share my thoughts wit everyone irrespective of your caste!!!

One year back I had made a well studied report on my thoughts about Reservation with a possible solution. You can have a look at it HERE.

P.S- (I did not want to mention I, me or name of any caste or there was no intention to prove good any particular caste or category, what ever I have used was just to help explain my point easily. I don’t have any problem with any particular individual or institution, if any name or reference is used above its just for illustration and ease of understanding. I completely respect and honor the Supreme Court of India, Dr. Ambedkar and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, there names were just used to make a point relating to them and not to offend any ones feelings. The above content is just to pour down my feelings and there is no intention to hurt or offend any individual or institution. I still am proud to be a Citizen of India and would live throughout my life as one and would always like to be called as known as a Citizen of India and not as a member of any caste/creed/religion/state/community/any other type of division you want to create. I am Indian and I am not bothered what other ways you want to see me or call me in. Jai Hind!!!!! )

. To see the text and the video of Karan Thapar’s interview with Arjun Singh click HERE