A National Shame
Welcome to the great struggle to reserve and dereserve. Face the music of political opportunism at its naked truth. Play the game of casteism versus meritocracy. See pictures of battle between the State and the country’s future. Feel the raging fire amid the uncertainties looming large on the faces of youngsters. Start questioning democracy and the authority of the State. Reality bites? You are into 21st century India boiling in a cauldron of its own intertwined intricacies and disparities.
In an era when India is coming of age in a racing global environment, the demons of its internal dormant manifestations are fast erupting. Scheduled, backward, class were the words so distinctively defined by our political forefathers. Shattering is the fact these were made to disappear slowly but 59 years after independence, they still remain the way they were. Its time for self introspection. The largest democracy in the world in over half a century has failed to elect leaders who can change the society. It’s true that these sections of the society have been marginalized for a long time. So they need to be brought into the mainstream. India needs them. No questioning that a vast pool of talent lies there waiting to be liberated. But why not by now and why by quota? Human brain doesn’t recognize caste, but what it needs is nourishment.59 years are a long time to provide quality primary and secondary education, economic betterment and a sound value &judgmental quotient. Narrowly constricted ideologies and self centred vulgar policies have resulted in a political vacuum. A wasted half century is now showing the fallouts. This is where the great Indian democracy has failed. And the phenomenon continues.
Today in the present storm, questions need to be answered. ‘Can’t an educated well groomed youngster from the backward class get through a university on his own? Why would he allow others to do him a backdoor favor? Won’t it hurt his pride? Can he compete with the best? The Government must answer. Why is he still backward? The answer lies there. The citizens of this country had forgotten that classic Abraham Lincoln definition of democracy.
The protesting students of today are correct in their assessment of merit and rightly the proposed hike in reservation would blur the country’s global competitiveness but are they aware of their uneducated, impoverished peer in a dusty muddy village resigned to his fate. If yes, then make the Government listen. As the educational and economic disparity is vast so to bridge this gap, this section should be raised to a level from where they can compete on an even platform. High quality separate schools tailored to meet their difficulties should be set up so that they are not set free raw in an urbanized, cosmopolitan environment. That would be disaster. Time has come to reframe the vision of an educated Indian society at large.
Today if the Government implements its current stand, again sectarianism wins, the country loses, and democracy fails. The political parties keep their vote banks, the OBC politician remains happy but the people lose out. India will lose its momentum in its quest for global stardom.
We Indians have never been a conquering race but have always been conquered. The time has come to slightly change this mindset. Our malfunctioning systems with its cancerous modifications need to be conquered. Swami Vivekananda said, “If there is one word in the English language to represent the gift of India to the world, if there is one word in the English language to express the effect which the literature of India produces upon mankind, it is the word fascination. It is the opposite of anything that takes you suddenly; it throws on you as it was a charm imperceptibly.”
The future of this country must ensure that these words of the great thinker don’t die a painful death. There is still time. The onus is on them.
Welcome to the great struggle to reserve and dereserve. Face the music of political opportunism at its naked truth. Play the game of casteism versus meritocracy. See pictures of battle between the State and the country’s future. Feel the raging fire amid the uncertainties looming large on the faces of youngsters. Start questioning democracy and the authority of the State. Reality bites? You are into 21st century India boiling in a cauldron of its own intertwined intricacies and disparities.
In an era when India is coming of age in a racing global environment, the demons of its internal dormant manifestations are fast erupting. Scheduled, backward, class were the words so distinctively defined by our political forefathers. Shattering is the fact these were made to disappear slowly but 59 years after independence, they still remain the way they were. Its time for self introspection. The largest democracy in the world in over half a century has failed to elect leaders who can change the society. It’s true that these sections of the society have been marginalized for a long time. So they need to be brought into the mainstream. India needs them. No questioning that a vast pool of talent lies there waiting to be liberated. But why not by now and why by quota? Human brain doesn’t recognize caste, but what it needs is nourishment.59 years are a long time to provide quality primary and secondary education, economic betterment and a sound value &judgmental quotient. Narrowly constricted ideologies and self centred vulgar policies have resulted in a political vacuum. A wasted half century is now showing the fallouts. This is where the great Indian democracy has failed. And the phenomenon continues.
Today in the present storm, questions need to be answered. ‘Can’t an educated well groomed youngster from the backward class get through a university on his own? Why would he allow others to do him a backdoor favor? Won’t it hurt his pride? Can he compete with the best? The Government must answer. Why is he still backward? The answer lies there. The citizens of this country had forgotten that classic Abraham Lincoln definition of democracy.
The protesting students of today are correct in their assessment of merit and rightly the proposed hike in reservation would blur the country’s global competitiveness but are they aware of their uneducated, impoverished peer in a dusty muddy village resigned to his fate. If yes, then make the Government listen. As the educational and economic disparity is vast so to bridge this gap, this section should be raised to a level from where they can compete on an even platform. High quality separate schools tailored to meet their difficulties should be set up so that they are not set free raw in an urbanized, cosmopolitan environment. That would be disaster. Time has come to reframe the vision of an educated Indian society at large.
Today if the Government implements its current stand, again sectarianism wins, the country loses, and democracy fails. The political parties keep their vote banks, the OBC politician remains happy but the people lose out. India will lose its momentum in its quest for global stardom.
We Indians have never been a conquering race but have always been conquered. The time has come to slightly change this mindset. Our malfunctioning systems with its cancerous modifications need to be conquered. Swami Vivekananda said, “If there is one word in the English language to represent the gift of India to the world, if there is one word in the English language to express the effect which the literature of India produces upon mankind, it is the word fascination. It is the opposite of anything that takes you suddenly; it throws on you as it was a charm imperceptibly.”
The future of this country must ensure that these words of the great thinker don’t die a painful death. There is still time. The onus is on them.
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Awesum!!!!!!
Keep up the good work.
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