In my 20 years of life one thing that made a quite impact on my mind is the word "RESERVATION".I started thinking of it when I entered the EAMCET counseling centre. The first question on my mind was, what is the need for RESERVATION ?
For instance if we consider the EAMCET ,an entrance exam into engineering and medical fields. The councelling is done on the rank basis. That means merit of the student is important to provide a seat to him/her but not the CASTE. A UPPER CASTE student who gets a rank 2000 or below can't find a better seat in UNIVERSITY COLLEGES but a LOWER CASTE student who gets a 50000 rank or even more will be finding the best seat in one of the best Universities. Also the "COST OF AN APPLICATION FORM" differs from caste to caste. So is the procedure in case of women. Also in case of government jobs or any other jobs the merit of a candidate takes the main role then, what is the need for caste and RESERVATION?
Here, I am not saying that reservation should be eliminated, but it should be provided for the right persons, in right way and with a right cause, like for Handicapped persons. Neither all LOWER CASTE people are POOR nor are all the UPPER CASTE PEOPLE RICH. I am not blaming the constitution for this because at the time when constitution was being written, most of the LOWER CASTE people were really poor and were not given proper status and opportunities in the society, but it is not the case in present days. I feel very bad that in past they were ill-treated by the uncultured educated people which are still going on in some remote villages. For this GOVERNMENT should take the required measures. The political parties just for their personal favor draw the attention of the LOWER CASTE people and WOMEN by making them the main part of their agenda to win the elections. This should be stopped.
So my request is provide reservation to the people who are BACKWARD FINANCIALLY i.e., who are below the POVERTY LINE level but not to the people who are BACKWARD by CASTE. Here also reservation in the sense is to provide it in the form of some financial aid or scholarships. And for women there is no need for any reservation in case of studies, as now-a-days they are the emerging power of the nation. But I do accept there should be reservation in some cases like making the WOMEN and BACKWARD CLASS people to take part in elections and in some other cases where they should be given opportunity to prove them, which is not happening in most cases.
One thing that I want to clarify is that neither I am against any caste, creed or any other section of people nor I want to hurt any ones feelings and if any one thinks that I am doing so forgive me. No one is strong or weak in any case, every one should be given equal importance and oppurtunity.
"THE FIRST PERSON WHO WISHES TO ELIMINATE THE WORDS CASTE & RESERVATION NOT ONLY FROM THE CONSTITUTION & APPLICATION FORMS IN VARIOUS FIELDS BUT ALSO FROM THE MINDS OF THE PEOPLE IN INDIA WOULD BE MYSELF."
( I wrote this in the year 2004....A part of this was published in DECCAN CHRONICLE on June 9th, 2004 in the HYDERABAD CHRONICLE)
For instance if we consider the EAMCET ,an entrance exam into engineering and medical fields. The councelling is done on the rank basis. That means merit of the student is important to provide a seat to him/her but not the CASTE. A UPPER CASTE student who gets a rank 2000 or below can't find a better seat in UNIVERSITY COLLEGES but a LOWER CASTE student who gets a 50000 rank or even more will be finding the best seat in one of the best Universities. Also the "COST OF AN APPLICATION FORM" differs from caste to caste. So is the procedure in case of women. Also in case of government jobs or any other jobs the merit of a candidate takes the main role then, what is the need for caste and RESERVATION?
Here, I am not saying that reservation should be eliminated, but it should be provided for the right persons, in right way and with a right cause, like for Handicapped persons. Neither all LOWER CASTE people are POOR nor are all the UPPER CASTE PEOPLE RICH. I am not blaming the constitution for this because at the time when constitution was being written, most of the LOWER CASTE people were really poor and were not given proper status and opportunities in the society, but it is not the case in present days. I feel very bad that in past they were ill-treated by the uncultured educated people which are still going on in some remote villages. For this GOVERNMENT should take the required measures. The political parties just for their personal favor draw the attention of the LOWER CASTE people and WOMEN by making them the main part of their agenda to win the elections. This should be stopped.
So my request is provide reservation to the people who are BACKWARD FINANCIALLY i.e., who are below the POVERTY LINE level but not to the people who are BACKWARD by CASTE. Here also reservation in the sense is to provide it in the form of some financial aid or scholarships. And for women there is no need for any reservation in case of studies, as now-a-days they are the emerging power of the nation. But I do accept there should be reservation in some cases like making the WOMEN and BACKWARD CLASS people to take part in elections and in some other cases where they should be given opportunity to prove them, which is not happening in most cases.
One thing that I want to clarify is that neither I am against any caste, creed or any other section of people nor I want to hurt any ones feelings and if any one thinks that I am doing so forgive me. No one is strong or weak in any case, every one should be given equal importance and oppurtunity.
"THE FIRST PERSON WHO WISHES TO ELIMINATE THE WORDS CASTE & RESERVATION NOT ONLY FROM THE CONSTITUTION & APPLICATION FORMS IN VARIOUS FIELDS BUT ALSO FROM THE MINDS OF THE PEOPLE IN INDIA WOULD BE MYSELF."
Reservation gurinchi meeru rasindi bagundi.good ideas.these thoughts are there in many minds.but just there to express not for any solution.Mee young generation people aedina cheeya galigite baguntundi.naaku okkate anipistundi.Ambedker constitution raasinappudu ee reservation ku certain time period petti after that shold be resolved ante bagundedemoo.
ReplyDeleteRajeshwari gaaru thank you very much andi. meeru correct maata chepparu. avunu, "reservation ku certain time period petti after that should be resolved ante bagundhi".
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