The biggest
curse for our country, India, has been the caste based reservation system. May
be, it might have benefitted some individuals…., it has certainly benefitted
our political class….; but the biggest loser has been the country’s unity, its
social fabric, its tranquillity, its growth, people’s performance and effectiveness….
in short the country, that is India.
Unfortunately,
ALL political parties blame each other for playing dirty politics, and ALL of
them play this divisionary game. Caste based reservation is the most ridiculous
way of social upliftment. Somebody
rightly pointed out, if we had such a system in the past, Krishna, the almighty
king would get reservation benefit (being a Yadav) and poor Sudama will not (being
Sharma, a Brahmin.) Can something be more idiotic than this? And today, we are
not only practicing; but encouraging this idiocy.
Is there a single political party or a leader
to declare that they would work for the abolition of this system? At least, I am
not aware of.
Helping the
oppressed and downtrodden and their upliftment should be on everyone’s agenda. There
are problems with this system, has been acknowledged often. That’s why there were
attempts like removing the creamy layer. But, that cannot be the complete
solution. Logically, anyone short of financial means should get the similar
benefits irrespective of caste, creed or religion. Why can’t we have simple
economic criteria for every Indian? Why
can’t we invoke nationalism rather than championing the cause of a particular
caste, community or religion? To my mind, the only problem with such a system
will be that our so-called leaders will not be able to divide people and fetch
their votes.
The bottom line
–
The people
of India, look for shortcuts. We shy away from putting in our best and earn
what we want. Rather, we are ready to fight and die for the cause of
reservation! That’s why the leadership takes advantage of this mental corruption
of the public to achieve their objective, even if it is at the cost of our
country. So unfortunate!
To hell
with….
