JAI HIND !!!

Frankly I do not see these protests ringing any bells for the government. As the whole reservation bill is not an instrument of welfare for the people of india, instead it is an instrument of welfare of a set of political parties particularly Congress. At this point I must also mention that this party is living in a fool’s paradise. If the high command of this party had a bit of interest and courage to delve into the pages of history, they would have thought a thousand times before raking up an issue like this.

The person whom we associate the most with reservation is Mr. V.P. Singh. When he came to power, he was heading a coalition government with the support of the BJP. As we all know that the government did not do any progressive work for what ever term it enjoyed behind the treasury benches so, with an aspiration to come to power with full majority in case of a mid term poll, they decided to rake up the reservation issue and implement the Mandal commission report which was already biting the dust for more than 20 years then.

But little did this Mr. V.P. Singh know that this bill would be the last nail on his political careers coffin. He could not even win a single election afterwards and as we all know that he is nothing more than a languishing soul at present.

The situation as I can see as of now is not very positive and in spite of having leadership (I doubt) like Manmohan Singh, I think this government will go ahead with this proposal though with minor modifications here and there.

All the protests are conveying our messages to the center but political compulsions supersedes such peaceful democratic protests because at the end of the day it is the number of votes which determine the rulers of the nation and if the voting patterns for the past 50 years are an indicator then the upper cast have never voted in flocks and have always shifted there preferences owing to many reasons like

1) Development.
2) Background of the candidate.
3) Performance of the previous government.

Where as the low casts have always voted in flocks and their only basis is caste.

So the people at the Raisina Hill have their views quiet straight forward that if they have to come back to power and rule this country many more generations they have to appease lower castes.

But I guess we can change the future but history remains unchanged and I hope that some one from the government will have enough courage to see what happened to VP.

Only shiv sena so far has come against the bill in open because they have largely and upper caste support base and have been unequivocal about their vision and line of thought for the society. No other major political party has so far opposed the bill in open though a lot of words are exchanged in private and understandably so because no one wants to do away with the large chunk of OBC votes.

Well the situation may look very bleak at the moment but this is time when we have to think about how to possibly manage the situation and give worthwhile solutions to the generations to come.

1) We have to seriously broaden the mental horizon and start thinking about higher education avenues apart from Engineering and Medicine. I know there are many courses which are making their presence felt and people are getting good benefits also, just that we need to shed the stereo type thinking and be more open minded as far as higher education is concerned. If the experience of the current generation is an indicator then we all know just how many of us took courses like Engineering and Medicine as personal choices and that why is a large section of people working in IT sector keep cribbing about job satisfaction and increased level of stress. We have to be more open to choices and encourage the younger ones to do what ever they feel they are best at. As far as I know the market has been going great guns and the private sector will try its best to stay away from reservation. If at all it will happen it will be mere tokenism as they can not compromise on quality. So the future augurs well for private sector.


2) The kind of unity we have shown to the country and the whole world should carry on and the initiative should not loose momentum at all. The strength of the protests should get translated into a political strength. I am not asking that we all should get into politics and start running for elections but as we all know that we are living in the age of vote banks, we should unite and consolidate the votes that we have with us and become a force to reckon with. This is the only way we can get into a better position to bargain with the government about our rights and privileges.


3) Lastly for the people who still want to become technocrats and doctors (I know there is a sizable chunk), they need to step on the gas and gear themselves up for an all the more fierce competition. Its not that we have not seen competition, we have all been there and have done that. But now the terrain will become increasingly tougher and it’s our responsibility that the young ones are all ready to go. I am proud of all the people who have displayed great character and gumption in the worst of circumstances and have come out victorious. I know we can still do it.


I must also congratulate the people who are participating in these protests and thank them for setting the ball rolling but we must also understand that this is just a start and we have to go a long way. The only thing which is not encouraging is that we the Indians do have a very shot lived memory and if the current movement meets the same fate then all this will become history and as I pointed out earlier ‘we can not change the history’.




JAI HIND


-Prabudh

P.S. All the views and ideas expressed here are my personal and not intended towards hurting anyone’s sentiments. I duly apologize if at all I have done that.