Indra’s Drishtikona (Viewpoint)

Reservation- The Last Words

Posted : May 29, 2006 at 10:48 pm [IST]

I have been writing on the topic quite often recently. However, today’s opinion passed on by the Supreme Court, that says,’increase in quota will didvide nation’, I decide to discontinue my thought process. Perhaps, it will be in the interest of the society that we stop talking on any issue related to castes and writing about it.

Any effort to solve that issue by debate or argument can’t perhaps work in India, other wise people at large and politicians in particular would have heeded to the opinion expressed by the stalwarts of industry such as Narayana Murthy, Ajimji Premji, and many others along with the National Knowledge Commission and very lately our SC itself.

Majority of all those who have undergone a good education in a good institute or who have worked in an MNC with cosmopolitan environment hardly talk about the caste system. Hardly one knows and bothers about the caste of the people working there. But the government steps are going to make the castes of the people in every workplace or institution known to all. It is unfortunate but people like me can’t help it.

I knew that our religious leaders would not come out to denounce this weakness of our community. They would let it die for their shellfish motives. But I was hopeful that our younger generation with good education would bring the change. Unfortunately the government moves on reservation will only encourage the division of the society on the caste line. It is unfortunate.

Bad luck India! We shall have to wait to become a mature society and perhaps a stable nation. How can a nation become a world super power where so much of effort and energy are wasted in silly and useless subject such as reservation? And I feel sorry for those enlightened ones who are supporting this division of the society and the nation? Perhaps, this is the weakness of democracy that we have chosen as a way of governance.

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