News about Supreme Court judgement on reservations: I missed this, didnt follow the Indian news last week, got a little busy trying to do the material race activities at work. The Supreme Court has advised that reservations at top institutions should benefit only the econmically challenged people in the society, yippee! I really felt like jumping up and down in joy when I read this. Finally, there's something good happening in independent India even as the inflation is rising to 7.5%. There were a few points I liked in the article.
1. The Court has ruled that creamy layer will be excluded from the quota benefits.
2. The Court wants Government to review the 27 per cent quota after five years.
3. The court has said the concept of social equity must prevail over any concept of merit.
4. Reservations are for those dispriviledged for centuries in order to ensure they “come up”.
5. Caste, social and economic backwardness, all of them need to be considered. For example, if more than half of the caste is not graduate, it can be a criterion.
6. Until social inclusiveness is totally achieved, it's not time yet to talk about leaving people out.
7. Quotas were started by the royals – Maharajas of Kolhapur, Mysore, Travancore and Cochin – who did not even care for votes.
1. The Court has ruled that creamy layer will be excluded from the quota benefits.
2. The Court wants Government to review the 27 per cent quota after five years.
3. The court has said the concept of social equity must prevail over any concept of merit.
4. Reservations are for those dispriviledged for centuries in order to ensure they “come up”.
5. Caste, social and economic backwardness, all of them need to be considered. For example, if more than half of the caste is not graduate, it can be a criterion.
6. Until social inclusiveness is totally achieved, it's not time yet to talk about leaving people out.
7. Quotas were started by the royals – Maharajas of Kolhapur, Mysore, Travancore and Cochin – who did not even care for votes.
I am not sure how much the government is going to manipulate the judgement and how it is going to translate it to the benefit of itself, but at least this is a step towards an amazing India where I would like to spend the rest of my life - a place where poverty is just in the dictionary, where all of us realize everybody needs everybody else for own happiness, where men know only men can help men. Two years back I said "I agree that there could be nothing like if we are able to implement reservations based on economy, but in a country where we keep moving on a red signal and where there is unofficial movement of money even to perform normal duties in a goverment office, I will not be surprised if Ambani's son gets a seat through reservation citing penury." I am so happy that the first part of my sentence is probably going to come true, but I just hope that the second part does not.Today's easily one of the happiest days in all my life.
