Reservations

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Arjun Singh seems to have finally caught the media's attention..though for all the wrong reasons. A single statement of his regarding reservation has suddenly shown the country, that anyone can stand up against injustice... students being no exception. Students all across the country are voicing their opinions , loud and clear.

We claim that our society is a democracy , where the Right to Equality is a fundamental right. But isnt any kind of reservation a direct contradiction to this right !

The existing reservation itself is not appropriately alloted, then why is the government interested in increasing the percentage is a mystery to me. Besides the reservation should in proportion to the percentage of the entire population of the section. Isn't it better solution if the students who qualify for a course are provided with financial support.... instead of reserving the seats and reducing the quality of students.

For all those who strongly feel about it , please sign this petition http://www.petitiononline.com/obcrev/petition.html


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Comments

  1. Anonymous21 May 2006 at 12:58

    me aint in2 all dis....damn i dint understand a word :|........no commentz.....:(........-swoosh

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  2. Dwiti R21 May 2006 at 14:53

    well , just catch up with any indian newspaper..n u ll know.. its basically a reaction to Arujun Singh's (HRD Minister) comment on the implementation of 49.5% reservation for SC/ST/OBCs in Indian Educational Institutes

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  3. Anonymous22 May 2006 at 20:01

    :| - swoosh

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  4. Kalingaa...24 May 2006 at 05:26

    Merit is Dead .. so does Democracy.
    Now what we are left with more than 100 crore "idiots" who still believe in government.

    P.S.- thnx for looking into my blog

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  5. Anonymous24 May 2006 at 12:46

    What to expect if u speak to deaf..
    Politics is a dirty game..Getleman..come in u will find the dust... OBC caste are not only social but also finacially backward also.. what will be if they fight in 55 instead of 100%... and even if somebody gets admission he cannot afford the cost of education...even a middle class student cannot?? why fight for reservation..we must fight for education that is affordable and is of good quality... Can u imagine scrapping of caste system...NO??

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  6. Dwiti R26 May 2006 at 00:45

    Then why isn't reservation on the basis of economic status , if equality is the purpose of it all... isn't it just a trick played by the politicians, to secure their votebanks?!?

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  7. Anonymous26 May 2006 at 18:58

    i was so raged.. i commented big big comments yest on like 3 bloggers posts on reservations.. so I just put one line on my blog today, and also put up the link that u've provided. I liked "anonymous'" comment.... but then d middle class is suffering a lot coz of this politics.... all d places r going to unworthy and thats not cool at all

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