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Thursday, December 01, 2005

Reservations against Reservations

Union HRD minister Arjun Singh is on an appease-the-minority spree. His idiotic plan includes giving Muslims reservations in premier Engineering Institutions (IITs) and Management Institutions (IIMs). God forbid but if he is successful in doing so, it will be the first time in India that there will be reservations based on religion. I am supportive to steps taken in direction of educating more and more Muslims but reserving seats in premier technical and management institutions will just benefit a handful few among the community. If the government really wants to uplift the whole Muslim community then it should do it at the grass root level. It should modernize the Madarsas where generally maximum Muslim children get educated. As it is an open secret that the most of the Madarsas polarize the young Muslim minds, they all should be brought under a common governing body which should be headed by the Muslims scholars and not clergy. This will make all the students more open minded and rational.


I am against any kind of reservations for any caste or religion. Reservations should only be provided to people from the Economically Backward Class because a poor Bramhin is as under-privileged as a poor Dalit or Muslim. The documents provided for the same should be meticulously scrutinized and only then the student should be allowed to avail the benefit.

Government seems to be in no mood of reducing the existing levels of reservations as was suggested by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. Instead it is now planning to include Muslims in the beneficiary list and also extrapolating the reservation domain to the private sector. This is surely going to hinder the economic growth of our nation.

3 Comments:

  • Yes Indeed.. this will only result in more religious hatred rather than an uplifted society!

    By Blogger Suraj, at December 02, 2005 5:40 PM  

  • The documents provided for the same should be meticulously scrutinized and only then the student should be allowed to avail the benefit

    I agree... this is more important

    I cannot forget i lost my MIT engg seat (i assumed u r frm pune) due to these reservations. :(

    the only consolation i can have is tht i landed in PVG n got in touch with suraj n now have a blog due to him... ;)

    By Blogger Sudeep, at December 02, 2005 7:31 PM  

  • I ALSO THINK THAT RESERVATIONS IN ITSELF IS A BLOT ON OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM.
    BUT BEING SO CRITICAL ABOUT SOME IN PARTICULAR MAY TRIGGER COMMUNAL MAYHEM

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at December 02, 2005 7:32 PM  

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