Reservoir Dogs

I never saw the movie Reservoir Dogs as it has too much action (I can only guess as I never saw it). But I am about to see a equally action filled movie with quiet similar name in India. The photo given above is of a college student who self-immolated himself in protest of implementation of the Mandal Commission's report in 1990. The report had triggered wide-spread violence and riots and saw months of academic activity diluted into the prolonged agitation.

This blog is concerning the central govt.'s proposed legilation which would give another 27 percent reservation to OBCs(Other Backward Classes) in central govt. administered universities. The total reserved quota in IITs would rise to as high as 49 freaking percentage.

Question no. 1 to be raised is - why more reservation?
The probable answer is that the really deprived sections are never able to avail the advantages of reservation. Good news is that our scholarly Arjun Singhji realised that if the current quota is not enough to support the poor then increase the quota. What the hell? Where's his brain?

Ones campaigning for increased reservation quotas have often quoted - "Since it is difficult to classify the really needy people who need reservation, and since the benefits are not reaching the really deprived ones currently; increasing quotas is the only way to help them." Plain enough, you increase the room for reservation and it will be able to accommodate the real needy.

Somebody has to realise what is happeneing to reservation scene these days. Being a beauracrat's son, I have seen officers coming from reserved cateogaries, becoming IAS, IPS. These officers are rich enough to get coaching for their kids who are the ones who end up using reservation quota. There is real pressure on a few reservation cateogary kids, the ones with IAS fathers, to perform well. Given that they have all the money that the general catrogary (supposedly) have and added to that they have the reservation advantage, their fathers expect them to do well. Poor in the reservation cateogary only have reservation, no money for cocahing. Poor in general cateogary-----hmmm... God help them.

Looking into the roots of reservation we should see how the picking for cateogaries goes. The socially and economically backward classes of medival times were rewarded for the ages of toil and domination in terms of reservation. The UPPER castes (not today's, i mean upper castes of medival times) were punished for ill-treating these lads, no reservation for you all, now eat your lolipop.

The social scenario has completely changed and I don't know how many will call the enormous number of IAS and IPS from reservation cateogary as oppressed. Also that the upper caste of medival times are no less in any misery. In present India, you would have to be a buddha in one life to be lucky enough to be born in reserved cateogary house with money in the next life. There are plenty of poor in reserved catogary but they will never be able to push the rich in the reserved cateogary to get into the reservation room.

But the above system of picking the needy ones for reservation is absolutely stupid. If we can identify the poor by having TAX limits and we can have tax slabs, why not so in reservation? Why not have a need base allocation of advantage. Why should the sons CATEOGARY IAS keep becoming IAS as if it is their patriarchial blessing? The poor in cateogary won't get anything even if we reserve the whole 100%. Increasing reservation quota means that even the dumbest sons of reservation cateogary IAS fathers will get to IITs and IIMs with a little cocahing. The logic is definitely missing in this whole act.

NKC(National knowledge commission) convener, Mr. Mehta, is opposed to this move. He has opposed reservation going all the upto the proposed 49% in IITs and IIMs. Read from the links given below:
http://www.indianexpress.com/story/1910.html
Some miss Jayanthi from Delhi University has opposed his agitation. Once again logic is amiss here. She is from DU and is one of the cotributors to its majestic downfall. Read the link below.
http://www.indianexpress.com/story/1968.html
She is advising how IITs and IIMs should be run! Is she nuts? When did humans start learning toilet habits from dogs who pee in garden? When should people from IITs be taught by DU people on how to manage their affairs?

Final Verdict: Reservation should not happen on caste lines as that is trying to improve a social scenario that does not exist any more. Reservation should happen on a need base established on a credible income surveys. The data could be shared with IT department, they need it desperately.

Somebody do something or a Reservoir Dogs-II will be shot soon on Indian roads.