First let me produce my argument in the form of case study.
When we moved to outskirts i was a kid of 5 years old. At that time, our area was filled with huts inhabiting construction workers.As the open land became colony, some of the construction workers changed their profession to auto drivers etc etc and their wives become house maids. Our present maid is of my age, and started working when i was in 10th class. She has two younger sisters. My mom used to teach them elementary maths and how to read and write. Among the three sisters, the youngest one is bright. She made into SC/ST hostels of Govt , finished SSC and got into nursing profession. The other two got married and continue being maids. Last month, our maid, Jyothi, broke her wrist.
When i went with my mom to visit her, i was amazed to see that, their home is not a hut anymore but a cement house. Her husband is an electrician. We knew each other on first name basis but never actually spoke to each other since the end of our childhood, she was a good runner then. The youngest sister, moved to some other town and started working.
Now the question is, why didnt parents of our maid , made all three sisters to go to school. If that had happened, life style of everyone of them would have been uplifted. I guess, it didnt happen because, the elder girls had to work to create the surplus money , which elevated the burden of last girl.
The thing, I understood from this case is that the general argument of OC, to remove reservation to the backward caste is highly ridiculous. The reservation offered to the backward class does not force them to accept the reservation. Many might not use that reservation due to various reasons. Change does not happen suddenly. In our maids case, the reservation was used by only one member. The other two had to work , to support the family. If reservation system is abandoned, the children of jyoti might not get proper education. So, the reservation system, has to be there, may be till all SC/ST members of our society enter creamy layer.Change does not happen suddenly.
Of course , in this post, my argument is against removing reservations for backward class. I have no objection against , poor OC people getting reservation. In indian culture, for centuries, the economic status of person is tied up with his caste. So, govt adopted caste based reservation. I support abolishing the present system of giving reservations based on caste and rewrite the system so that only and any economically backward person will enjoy the fruits of reservation.
Its funny how many girls who enjoy 33% reservation are against the SC/ST reservation.
When we moved to outskirts i was a kid of 5 years old. At that time, our area was filled with huts inhabiting construction workers.As the open land became colony, some of the construction workers changed their profession to auto drivers etc etc and their wives become house maids. Our present maid is of my age, and started working when i was in 10th class. She has two younger sisters. My mom used to teach them elementary maths and how to read and write. Among the three sisters, the youngest one is bright. She made into SC/ST hostels of Govt , finished SSC and got into nursing profession. The other two got married and continue being maids. Last month, our maid, Jyothi, broke her wrist.
When i went with my mom to visit her, i was amazed to see that, their home is not a hut anymore but a cement house. Her husband is an electrician. We knew each other on first name basis but never actually spoke to each other since the end of our childhood, she was a good runner then. The youngest sister, moved to some other town and started working.
Now the question is, why didnt parents of our maid , made all three sisters to go to school. If that had happened, life style of everyone of them would have been uplifted. I guess, it didnt happen because, the elder girls had to work to create the surplus money , which elevated the burden of last girl.
The thing, I understood from this case is that the general argument of OC, to remove reservation to the backward caste is highly ridiculous. The reservation offered to the backward class does not force them to accept the reservation. Many might not use that reservation due to various reasons. Change does not happen suddenly. In our maids case, the reservation was used by only one member. The other two had to work , to support the family. If reservation system is abandoned, the children of jyoti might not get proper education. So, the reservation system, has to be there, may be till all SC/ST members of our society enter creamy layer.Change does not happen suddenly.
Of course , in this post, my argument is against removing reservations for backward class. I have no objection against , poor OC people getting reservation. In indian culture, for centuries, the economic status of person is tied up with his caste. So, govt adopted caste based reservation. I support abolishing the present system of giving reservations based on caste and rewrite the system so that only and any economically backward person will enjoy the fruits of reservation.
Its funny how many girls who enjoy 33% reservation are against the SC/ST reservation.
2 comments:
True!
you gave the best example.
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