Yes thats the attitude i have for what i am gonna talk about..CASTE.
In the wake of the recent 27% reseravtion bill tahst being discussed and awaiting to be passed in the parliament, i can not but talk abt the very root cause of it ..CASTE.
Yes agreed teh lower castes were oppreseed int the past..yes agreed the govt needs o do something for the upliftment of the socially backward classes...but i really wonder...when one really wants to do something for ppl..does one ponder abt waht caste ppl belong to?
teh reservation system was introduced by mr.ambedkar in 1950 and was suposed to continue for 20 years as at that time..discrimination based on caste was rampant..
but the subsequent govts. kept extending the duration to play the dirty game of politics...
it was teh britishers who introduced teh indians to teh DIVIDE AND RULE policy..Well well, the britishers have left..but the policy is still religiously followed by our politicians..dividing people based on caste..just for getting votes...
but i wonder...are people so easily duped?hasn't the common man realised even now..after so many decades...after enduring hardship, pain and suffering coz of the political games..in the form riots(godhra for eg)..? when will the common man rise above his own struggle for living and 'WHY SHOULD I BOTHER " attitude and stand up and say NO..NO more now..
ok i guess me getting to philosophical...
also. what botehrs me here staying in tamil nadu..is the tam-brahmin bashing and suppression...i really dont't understand why shud one pay for the mistakes of one's ancestors...y shud there still be animosity and hatred harboured by few ppl agianst them...i myself have witnessed this kind of prejudice against tambrahms..now really i am not here as the voice of brahmins or anything..am just expressing my views upon something that bothers me....
Why should we react in a way to teh cheap politics practiced by the bad politicians..
i really dream for an INDIA wr caste is not the basis of discrimination...and wr the education system in the country is free from the holds of caste based reservation ..
"Education is not the filling up of bucket but ligting of fire",this is one of my all time favourite quotes and i strongly feel that the fire must be lit in the young guns' minds, to achieve grt heights in life by empowering oneself with education and not teach them abt discrimination on teh basis of caste in the form of reservations which also, makes many think that its an easy option to succeed in life, rather than working hard for it..
I strongly feel, reservations based on caste must be done away with and the govt. must do the needful for the socially oppressed classes through its various programmes in the 5year plans..and also, help students with weak financial background
..RESERVATION BASED ON ECONOMIC CLASS and not CASTE which will solve the problem of uplifting the poor and the needy..
thats the BOTTOM LINE!
5 comments:
brahmin-bashing will happen as long as there is a party called DMK with a president called karunanithi and a person called jayalalitha.
this issue has been featured in the media often but there's no reprieve.
Great blog! Keep it goin!.. Lot of ppl think abt these.. Its nice the way u open it out thru ur blog!
BTW, i chanced ur blog page thru ur sis's orkut link!.. I am her friend.
Thats a beautiful post.
But my 2 cents...
1. You say that backward castes were oppressed in the past. But have you got any idea how far in the past? Do you really think that for the past 2000 years or so, not a single member of the oppressed caste wrote any literature about the oppression?
2. You demand reservations for the economically weaker class. That is a sure way to doom I think. Dont reserve seats for 'groups'. That makes the group stronger and breeds a hoard of politicians who claim to represent their interests. The group which gets used to being pampered never wants to lose the facilities. This leads to fracturing the society as a whole. Do you think thats welcome? I think reservations have to be extended to individuals on a case to case basis.
For more thoughts try to read Arun Shourie's "Falling over backwards...".
how will u define economic classes.
don u think its tough. million of ppl and will u count them 1 by 1 on basis of per capita income?
even u do it...how r u goin to make classes ...on wht platform
its easy sayin than done. caste system hs been prevelent so diff platforms hs already has been created.....so no problems.
better implementation of current procedure is a gud option. otherwise.........
who will take accountability.
cheers
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