Thursday, June 01, 2006

My reservations on this issue.

You must have read the story about someone asking for reservation in cricket. Atleast one bowler should be from SC/ST and one from OBC.

My take on this is issue is a bit different. Since the total adds up to 100% and our government claims to know the number of SC/ST/OBCs by simple arithmetic they should be able to find out the number of UC (upper caste people). Let that be set as the quota percentage for the UC folks. They have handled the intellectual and moral burden of this country for too long and need to be given a break. Let the rest of the folks (SC/ST/OBC/ADD_SOME_MORE) be given the rest of the seats in every government institution, educational institution or otherwise.

This will bring about equilibrium in our society. The UCs will start relaxing and thinking of themselves as half humans who really need reservations in order to do anything meaningful with their lives. This will bring them closer to the mentality of existing reserved categories. The exiting reserved categories will find a reason to compete as they would be the new general category. They may starting thinking like humans and move intellectually closer to todays general category. This will pull the two groups of (more or less) humans closer to one another and create an India with a fair amount of mental equilibrium.

I have one problem with those upper caste teachers in the creamy institutions of our country. All those institutions whos name starte with an I. They seem to think that subjects cannot be taught to less bright students. I think the problem lies with them not making an attempt to make the courses more palatable to the so called stupid folks.