my reservations on reservations!!!

i hate to say that eventually this day had to come. People giving up their lives for being categorized as so called "lower caste " or to better put it "under privileged ones". But coming to think of it didn`t we bring this upon ourselves ?
Reservations, Quotas ARGH!!!!( I am actually proud to be a BITSIAN just for this one reason)
but let us put the idea on the table. For the past 60 years since Indian independence we have had reservations . Infinite no. of castes their categories and their quotas ... but still the HR minister Arjun Singh says we need more reservations and implements them in IIMs IITs etc.. what does this tell us ? The very fact that we need more reservation is reason enough to understand that the 60 years of reservations has not done the job...but still we wont accept that the concept is flawed... in fact on the contrary we will actually advocate the increase of reservations...
i still don`t understand why people can`t think logically... i am not against quotas ... but it should be done where it is necessary... all of us agree there is an urban and rural India... i don`t think anyone in mumbai, delhi ,chennai or any of the major cities in india discriminate people based on their caste... but still the government is bent upon doing the same... you should have reservations in places that need them where there is actual discrimination between the so called upper and lower casts...and proper appraisal of the policy should be done to evaluate the success of the policy.... but sadly none in the government have portrayed diligence in implementing of these policies...and why so is any fool`s guess...

sadly true :( :(

a 14 year old girl and a man killed in a house... little did anyone predict the quantum of the events that have unfolded... i always wonder .... does man really lack providence of all his actions?? i seriously doubt that... anyway every time i hear the probe being mentioned on tv , which is almost every time i change through the news channels, i cringe and am ashamed of myself for having heard it.... it is appalling to say the least... first to believe that there could a reason for a father to kill his own daughter , then to actually proclaim the notion that there could be such a reason and that could in fact be the motive , and lastly the very nerve(of all institutions) to actually promulgate the perception just to get more air time and sell their enterprise is a cause of grave retrospection on our ideas and points of view.... i am not saying that one should not bring the news up but they could surely find better and more nice topics to discuss for 4-5 hours on the trot than how there could have been a possibility that a father could have caused the death of his daughter... don`t we have anything better to discuss in a nation of 100billion people... or is it just because it is hot,sensitive so it sells so we do it... the leads me to my next wondering ...
when have we, as a civilization of such rich heritage and culture, ever been bothered of whether it sells or not?? can`t we find anything that sells other than a rape or father murdering daughter or IPL ?? what is INDIAN in any of these.... definitely the TV channels should have more ethical and moral responsibilities... ok even with all these they could surely do without character assassination of both the child and the parents..... even if he had committed the crime i don`t think anyone deserves this kind of treatment...
to just show the difference of attitude ... once when Ex-President of India was in Iraq during the war he saw the papers` headlines saying IRAQ BEATS YUGOSLAVIYA in euro qualifier...
this was in spite of a war in Iraq .... now that news was mentioned in the center page in black and white with the correct figure all casualties...this is positive attitude of press...
it is hard to assimilate that the fact that a country which is claimed to be the raising superpower along with china and is the biggest democracy in the world and the with such a booming economy has no better issues on hand other than these murders or IPL to discuss.... the least i can say is the attitude of the media has to change... now people might say that many are interested in knowing why or how a father will kill his daughter.... my petition is simple .. please give viewers more credit than that .... if u give them something more interesting they might actually like it and demand more of it than this crazy shit...
well i used to think with all the corruption , bureaucracy and red tape the country is going to the dogs .....but sadly i can`t contemplate where the country is heading now.... frankly i think dogs would have done a better job!!!!!