The repercussions of reservation.

Gandhiji quoted that” If a law made for the benefit of the people is not implemented rightly, the public looses faith in the law. So, in order for a law to serve it’s purpose the implementation also has to be proper.”
I was around 7yrs of age , I knew who my father was my mother, yet the teacher said “Gandhiji is the father of the nation”. This kind of confused me, later I realized this was not meant literally. When such a great man, a guide of the nation just like a father to a child feels the importance of implementation, then why the hell their lineage and party formed on his principles does not abide by his thought.
If they don’t and they deviate from Gandhism, congress is no more congress, once the foundation is flawed the building is not worth living, might fall anytime.

Even more the close to 50% reservation idea comes from our very own, PM Mr. Manmohan Singh a renowned economist. If such learned people make such weird judgements what is the difference if Lalu prasad, or Mayawati takes the hot seat, atleast we will not be surprised, they were expected to do this.
Most masala newspapers with those stereotyped correspondents begin with “history repeats itself” making a reference to the Mandal Commission. They are actually not handling such an important and sensitive issue as they are supposed to ( I always believed the journalism , teachers etc communities are full of learned, intellectuals, just the opposite of us). This might end peacefully , but the media hype would surely give it the status of Mandal commission –II and bringing forth another array of Rajeev Goswami’s waiting to encash from such events.

All said and done. The “vicharniya” issue, if this gets implemented and comes in practice what all can happen.( I can also give the positives, just wait and see)

1) Not disparaging the people who come not from the general quota. Just putting them parallel to others we can make out the difference, in their potential, their ability, their level of thought and their performance at various levels reinstates the same tacit fact.

2) The level of intellectual stimulation, that comes from the group you are a part of, is very important for the overall growth. When a big chunk of the crowd consists of the govt. provided biased privilege students, the others suffer, indirectly.

3) The quality of people graduating goes down, (India is known till recently for it’s quality of maths and science intellect), directly affecting the nations reputation at the international level.

4) With the passing of years, the colleges like IIT and IIM’s will loose out to foreign universities. As brilliant students and even the professors will opt for USA rather than staying back here. For students its not only the curriculum, but the overall development that takes place at these institutes apart from the hefty placements. For professors it’s the joy of teaching and brainstorming with the best brains in the country. When you don’t get this, you don’t enjoy the work.

5) The private sector companies, will recruit people from IIT’s but not all will make it, hence by reducing placement statistics of IIT’s and IIM’s. This is an exponentially growing phenomenon, as the alumni forms a major reason why companies keep coming back to the same campus. The govt. in order to balance it there will have to enforce the same kind of reservation there, and the chain won’t end.

6) The public sector companies the revenue guzzlers of the nation, will become a larger and deeper drain for the deficits.

7) The govt. is simply overlooking the fact that they have not been able to provide the basic education at such a level which makes all equally competent enough to fight it out on the same ground. To hide that, make reservations for all those who did follow what the govt. provided them.

8) Not a single person in school, colleges etc cares about the sirnames, who is who, it is these incidents that create and keep widening the gap..in the favour of national politics.

9) The positive part, for the individuals now in jobs, hold on and work hard for 4 more years. As there will be a deficit of good technical ,and managerial people after the colleges follow this new quota mandate. By the laws of demand and supply, demand will increase with technology, but supply of suitable candidates will decrease. So, all those existing ones will have lots of good opportunities in the coming years. See, that’s the brighter part if you think selfishly….

I still think it’s important to find out why we as in the government should increase the reservation. What has resulted in this (apart from the electoral aspect….which in the bigger picture is of lesser relevance, and a common reason). Like our basic structure, the ground work at the basic level, the quality of teachers and govt/private schools functioning etc..etc. Scholarships is the right way to fill the gap if you think that a certain section is not able to afford education rather quality education and hence needs to be pulled up by certain measures. Look for and you can find alternatives

It is and old saying “If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach him how to fish you feed him for his life”. This might succinctly define what I have said above in the loooong lecture.

Kids on the move.

It was a usual Sunday morning and I had expected that it will be a normal, slow paced day with nothing much to do other than sleep and eat while watching some movie.
A phone call can be disastrous at times, the cell-phone operators have given the caller identification facility, they should also innovate a purpose identification thing. If you find the purpose of the person worth attending the call, you have an option else just let go off. This will take time but till then adjusting to the existing luxuries is the only option.
Not to deviate from the topic, a call from my cousins home, after the usual namaste and hello and kaise hain, came the invitation. They had planned to go out somewhere, not decided and wanted me to join. Unable to decide, I thought nothing much to loose other than the sleep, (precious sleep later I realized).So, I joined them.
First thing or the first shock the two little girls “ bhanji and bhatiji” were coming along. No issues, till the point I came to know we were to go to the dolls museum. Now that’s a place where only moms with kids, very small kids, and few stranded chacha’s and mama’s like me come. They make a tremendous effort to sound normal, while explaining the kind of dolls there, most of us ourselves don’t know, even greater is the problem of answering the kids questions not of much relevance like “zambia ke log kale kyon hote hain??” or surrendering to their non stop whims like “ mujhe yeh badi waali sundar doll chahiye, chahiye chahiye..abhi aur abhi?” Accompanied by a constant banging on the glass enclosure. The only way out, you hide yourself with expressions like, whose kids are these, why cant people just keep their kids in control and also with them.
Finally the exit from the dolls museum its around 1300 hrs peak time of heat . Now the next destination is even more terrifying, they want to go to the ZOO. I cursed
1) firstly the govt. for having made one
2) secondly if they had to make it, why the hell did they have to bring in animals there. They were happy in their natural surroundings.
3) Even greater the channels like discovery, nat geo and animal planet that show animals which provocate the children to make such , such stupid demands.
It took about an hour to convince them that the animals will not come out in the sun, it was too hot. The only animal you could see was me “right here right now” the animals also had the option but not me.
Finally the mandate settled down at science center. I had a kind of a mixed reaction. I never had been there, I completed my BE yet never thought I had to go there to see something amazing but the inquisitiveness was always there. The kids gave me that chance. I liked the place and each person should take his kid there when he is in 9th or 10th . I enjoyed being there, the magical tap, gyro suitcase, human biology section , the information revolution etc. Happy we came out, and now hungry .
Went to sweets center tummies filled and now felt like sleeping (food has a total opposite reaction on kids, it gives them an energy boost, an impulse) , the kids wanted to go to the children’s park. A horrible place, dirty , and not worth going but you have to succumb to their wishes. Finally, we went there, had to fight other peoples kids to quickly let our kids enjoy each “jhoola” and move out quickly, for this I know “doosron ke bache aur unke maan baap mujhe gaali denge” Cant do much. So, finally they slept on the way home.
After this exercise (ya it’s an exercise) I came out with a conclusion,

“bache ache hote hain jab tak doosre ke hoon aur unke hi paas hain”