Not so very long ago, there was a joke circulating on facebook which was somewhat like this - " PM - We are sending Indians to moon next year.
Obama- OH! how many ???
PM- 100 .........35 OBC , 25 SC , 20 ST, 10 handicapped , 5 Sports quota , 4 minority &
if possible 1 Astronaut......."
Hmmm It was funny to some extent, it became very popular because the joke was related to all of us. It did show the injustice done to the unreserved class(Im not taking sides, atleast not yet). It is a mockery on one of the most controversial bills ever to be passed in this country.
Incidentally, a movie by Prakash Jha (Aarakshan) is also about to be released based on the same topic. It has already created a huge hype because it tackles very serious political and social affairs.
Anyways, coming back to the joke. It is brilliantly written, the mixture of reservation, space technology and the PM turn out to give nice laughs to the Unreserved class. But I think its plain fart, as it shows only one side of the reservation coin and conveniently leaves the other.
Now lets unravel the truth. The truth may be bitter to most of us, but the absence of the truth is creating unnecessary havoc and unwanted hatred towards the reserved community. Lets analyse the scenario when this law had come into existence(About 5 decades ago?) India was divided into two major parts - The upper caste people and the lower caste people.
The upper caste people(Read as unreserved) had all in thier hands - political power, financial stability and education. They also had mastery over lower caste people. On the other hand, most of the backward communities were illiterate, downtrodden and filthily poor. Most of them worked for the unreserved guys and were humiliated sometimes too.(I dont want to go into the 'brahmin-untouchability' issue right now) So at that time the govt had come up with the idea of the "quota system".
In order to mitigate and to remove the cultural disintegrity, this law was made. This was a fabulous achievement to India. At a point of time, when education was the property of only "upper class" people and the downtrodden had NO right/NO money to educate and improve themselves, this had come as a boon.The unreserved poeple always had an upper hand. They were rich to afford quality education and culturally on the better side for acceptance by the society. After centuries of historic oppression, respect being denied and under-represented in all walks of life, the time of 'reserved class people' had come to shine.
The scenario had changed.
Children who saw their parents being thrown out of temples, who werent supposed to drink water from "some peoples'" houses and who were considered to be "impure", atlast had a chance to stand at par with them. The mistreatment for the past few centuries ceased to exist and a ray of hope and respect was shone onto them.
Now after half a century,when the quota was increased, the unreserved felt the cringe, but, that is what the resolution aimed at, because to empower the weak we need to disarm the strong or else whats the point ?? But any way they started revolting and started creating a mess, but unfortunately for them their long established political influence could not help them this time and they were soon lulled into silence.
When this joke came up(and many such jokes), the young unreserved junta gleefully shared it, each with a snug sarcastically outraged comment, which im sure they don't mean to intend. The very fact that these guys are able to share the post makes them a minority in the country and it reflects upon the opportunities and advantages they possess, so i ask them to stop crying and buckle up to face the truth. Reservation is a fact and you have to face it !! I remind each one of the ill informed fools out there that a reservation candidate does NOT mean in any way under trained or brain dead candidate, which is a wrong perception unfortunately that even the most educated people have. One more myth is that reservation candidates are stealing the jobs and seats of unreserved classes, it not true they are just being protected so that their jobs and seats aren't stolen.
I tell you all unreserved cry babies out there, your fore fathers got away with all theirs deeds and injustices, you should bear their burden now and suffer after all you did inherit their wealth and prestige without complaint. I feel that that reservation for the backward classes should and am sure will be continued in the future.
And now lets analyse the other side of the coin. I have seen many many people who misuse this golden opportunity given to the backwards. Even though they are financially stable,in fact richer than many of thier unreserved counterparts, even though their parents are educationally qualified they still use the category to get thier seats in educational institutions and also in jobs.
Personally, I think the govt should remove the reservation law after a few years and make a new law which gives quota/reserve seats to under privileged and 'poor' people, whose family income can be made the basis of reservation rather than the caste itself.This is almost being done as its already implemented in OBC candidates.(Yes im talking about the usage of creamy layer)
I hope to see a better India where its own people do not fight on illogical issues like caste. I want to see a country where every law is fair to every citizen. A law which helps the deserved to shine. A law which unites people and also improve standards of everyone.
Jai Hind.
PS - Eagerly waiting for Aarakshan :P :P
PPS - I am an OBC candidate and I swear I will never use the category again for anything in the future. I will use my own merit and hardwork.
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