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64 years, Are we still backward?
By siliconindia
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Saturday, 13 August 2011, 02:34 IST |
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Although the real definition of caste and race needs to be reframed, reservation on the basis of caste is often criticized as a form of racial discrimination and that doesn't abide by the practice of right to equality. The spirit of reservations is often hurt as it's the rich from the so-called lower castes who takes the benefits out of it. The creamy layer of the backward classes reaps the benefits of reservation to further their family interests. It should also be noted that several studies have suggested the fact that the OBC class is quite comparable with the general caste in terms of annual per capita consumption expenditure. Unless there are genuine efforts to uplift the level of primary education in the country, reservation only in higher institutions and jobs cannot solve this problem.
Debated over and over again, 64-year-old India could never come to a conclusion over this. Six decades post-independence now, the country has moved far beyond its old self, left behind the skeletons of a poor country, made its presence strongly felt in the world map with great achievements; however, we ignore the call for a change and we choose to be called the backwards. Is it high time that we change our reservation policies to provide quotas on the basis of merit and not on the basis of caste? Or are we left with no option but to live with this accepting the fact that this is a part of our system that can never be changed?
