Recently Human Resource Minister Mr. Arjun Singh said that the Central Government plans to introduce 27% Reservations for O.B.C. in Central Government funded institutes of higher education thereby taking the percentage of reserved positions to 49.5% of the total seats. This decision led a protest wave against government in the entire country. Indian Prime Minister appointed an oversight committee headed by former chief minister of Karnataka M. Veerappa Moily to suggest ways for implementation of reservations for O.B.C. and to suggest measures for increasing seats in educational institutions. Oversight committee submitted interim report and suggested phased implementation of reservations in central educational institutions for other backward classes
Allocating quotas and reserving seats for backward classes in higher educational institutions is economically inefficient, morally wrong, strategically flawed, and tactically ineffective. The policy does not help the reserved classes and ends up victimizing both the reserved classes and the so-called privileged class. The policy epitomizes what is called a “lose-lose” solution, while foregoing a “win-win” situation.
Observing the Indian educational system brings to mind J. M. Keynes’ skeptical definition of education as the inculcation of the incomprehensible into the indifferent by the incompetent. I would extend it by defining the Indian educational system as a structure created by the incompetent and uneducated to produce more of the same sort of people. It is a system which ensures its survival through self-replication
Why Reservations are not acceptable?
•Caste based reservations creating more fights in the collages and encouraging the caste feelings.
•We want India to be a competitive country with equal opportunity for talent, but not for castes.
•We want to stop the migration of talented students to other countries due to the lack of infrastructure to house these future scientists and who knows they may be astronauts.
No Political Games, we want real leaders who work for all Indians and students, not for votes.
Who should have Reservations?
The reservations should have been for those poor people (Poor people are those who doesn't have enough money, but not those Castes that considered to be poor), but it's better to completely eliminate the reservations and provide scholarships to poor students to get to the higher education, then they will be able to compete for any jobs.
I think there is completely no need of reservation at all. The think, that, we need the most, in the sense of fair play. What people require today is self-respect and dignity. A physically challenged individual is not seeking sympathy or alms. All he wants is self-respect. And looking at the technological advancements there is no reason why handicapped should not be able manage on his own. And women of today are not asking for reservation all they require is all a level playing field and not a fake sympathy.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Reservation an Evil for India
India is a land of diverse religion, caste and rich custom. Even in this country with golden heart it is very unfortunate to state that there has always been a section in the society, which was discriminated against and were never given equal opportunity and allowed to be the best that they can be. The reservation was primarily meant to lend this vulnerable section a helping hand, which would assist them in catching up with the rest and provide a level playing field. It was this reasons that this special provision of reservation was moulded in the competition at the behest of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar who was a strongest proponent of reservation in India.
The seed of reservation in India were sown with the inception of constitution. The initial provision of reservation under the constitution was originally meant for 20 years. But every consequent government has extended this provision for further years and years there since. There is a common misconception that the British are responsible for introducing reservation .It was more the situation and the popular voices coupled with strong demand from some section of the society that prompted the introduction of reservation. Even a person of the stature of Mahatma Gandhi was against discrimination or favour on the basis of caste, creed or descent, but unfortunately he was forced to succumb to popular, no matter how unjustified the claims were. In the end Gandhiji used reservation as a tool to integrate the 'Harijans' & the untouchables of the society into the main stream National Movement for freedom.
With the framework of our constitution 27% seats are reserved in government jobs and higher education. But different state governments have different percentage of reservation for example Tamil Nadu is having 69% of reservation in government jobs and higher education.
Seats are reserved for S.C., S.T., Backward Castes and O.B.C. in varying ratio by the central government and state government. This caste is decided based on birth, so can never be changed. While a person can change his religion, and his economic status can fluctuate, the caste is permanent. In central government-funded higher education institutions: 22.5% seats are reserved for scheduled caste and scheduled tribe students. (15% for SC and 7.5% for ST) for example AIIMS is having 14% reserved seats for SC and 8% for ST. In addition, SC/ST students with only 50% scores are eligible for admissions. But in some states there is also reservation for some minor communities as such Andhra Pradesh is having 4% reservation for muslims. The quota system sets aside a proportion of all possible positions for members of a specific group.
Besides reservation on the basis of caste and religion there is provision of reservation in higher education on the basis of state of domicile and college of under graduation.
The seed of reservation in India were sown with the inception of constitution. The initial provision of reservation under the constitution was originally meant for 20 years. But every consequent government has extended this provision for further years and years there since. There is a common misconception that the British are responsible for introducing reservation .It was more the situation and the popular voices coupled with strong demand from some section of the society that prompted the introduction of reservation. Even a person of the stature of Mahatma Gandhi was against discrimination or favour on the basis of caste, creed or descent, but unfortunately he was forced to succumb to popular, no matter how unjustified the claims were. In the end Gandhiji used reservation as a tool to integrate the 'Harijans' & the untouchables of the society into the main stream National Movement for freedom.
With the framework of our constitution 27% seats are reserved in government jobs and higher education. But different state governments have different percentage of reservation for example Tamil Nadu is having 69% of reservation in government jobs and higher education.
Seats are reserved for S.C., S.T., Backward Castes and O.B.C. in varying ratio by the central government and state government. This caste is decided based on birth, so can never be changed. While a person can change his religion, and his economic status can fluctuate, the caste is permanent. In central government-funded higher education institutions: 22.5% seats are reserved for scheduled caste and scheduled tribe students. (15% for SC and 7.5% for ST) for example AIIMS is having 14% reserved seats for SC and 8% for ST. In addition, SC/ST students with only 50% scores are eligible for admissions. But in some states there is also reservation for some minor communities as such Andhra Pradesh is having 4% reservation for muslims. The quota system sets aside a proportion of all possible positions for members of a specific group.
Besides reservation on the basis of caste and religion there is provision of reservation in higher education on the basis of state of domicile and college of under graduation.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
The Lunar Race Begins
22nd of October 2008 it was a great day in the history of Indian Space research ,it was the day when India make a breakthrough in the Rocket Science by launching its first Lunar expedtition .This is matter of Pride for ISRO as well as each and every Indian who can feel it by saying that we too are competitor in the Star War.With the lift of Chandrayan 1 from Sriharikota India is registered in the elite club of those who have earlier sent their probes to the moon.This majestic take off was a memorable experience for all Indians particulary our space scientists had been eagerly & anxiously waiting for.
The spacecraft will execute multiple orbital manoeuvres and get in to the vicinity of the moon in about fortnight .Then a 29 kg Indian payload (Moon Impact Payload) with the Indian tricolor will detach from the mother craft and land on the moon. Its all activities will be from base stations located at sriharikota,mauritus,port blair .
This space program is a giant leap for Indian scientist and Indian space Industry ,now we are the part of Lunar club.
But with the lift of Chandrayan ,there were a variety of views and rumors were also carried with it.
Many of the intellect found this mission worthless and waste of money ,according to them what purpose it is going to serve there when many more such mission have been accomplished by others decades earlier. But I don’t find it a enough reason to claim anything about this project, if this is the case then why we are still teaching Einstein’s theory of relativity, why we are stil learning and teaching science students Newton’s Laws of Motion, actually being inquisitive never harms any one .We can’t say that why we are still learning these boring theorems when centuries before a lot of work has been done already.
This Lunar mission is sign of strength of Indian space program and will be a tailor for those who underestimate our capabilities . Some said that it’s a waste of money ,but we must not forget that the whole budget is very less compare to others lunar mission , as far as China is concerned it has approximately 10 times more budget than India. Our Lunar mission just cost 386 crores this has made whole world shocked and some countries are interested to collaborate with such economic projects.
This amount of budget I think is not a much big deal for our economy which is the third largest in the world, and ironically this budget is too less than the scams we found in India. Though common man is not going to get immediate benefits , but as far as long term benefits when there will be need of alternative fuels then this Lunar expedition will definitely going to help directly or indirectly each of us . Some may find it funny that when NASA was not able to find any alternative fuel there then what ISRO is going to do there. But we must not forget that NASA has reached moon just because of the cold war and erstwhile race between US and USSR competing eachother, and then it has turned its way to exploring other planets of solar system.
They are wondering in space in search of alternative fuels and space colonies (colonies on moon were promised by NASA decades ago but no progress yet) . Think of if ISRO finds some alternative fuel on moon or find suitable topography for lunar colonies , Chandrayan 1 has once again created curiosity about moon , everyone wants to know more about our nearest celestial neighbour which was always ignored by us .
Japan and china are our competitors both are planning manned mission to moon , in response to it ISRO has announced Chandrayan 2 project and is planning a manned mission in 2020 . Probably this might turn the lunar gold rush in to a unique opportunity for bonding among nations.
So friends keep your fingers crossed and wait for the day when our first manned flight will take off making ISRO and India a space leaders in the world.
The spacecraft will execute multiple orbital manoeuvres and get in to the vicinity of the moon in about fortnight .Then a 29 kg Indian payload (Moon Impact Payload) with the Indian tricolor will detach from the mother craft and land on the moon. Its all activities will be from base stations located at sriharikota,mauritus,port blair .
This space program is a giant leap for Indian scientist and Indian space Industry ,now we are the part of Lunar club.
But with the lift of Chandrayan ,there were a variety of views and rumors were also carried with it.
Many of the intellect found this mission worthless and waste of money ,according to them what purpose it is going to serve there when many more such mission have been accomplished by others decades earlier. But I don’t find it a enough reason to claim anything about this project, if this is the case then why we are still teaching Einstein’s theory of relativity, why we are stil learning and teaching science students Newton’s Laws of Motion, actually being inquisitive never harms any one .We can’t say that why we are still learning these boring theorems when centuries before a lot of work has been done already.
This Lunar mission is sign of strength of Indian space program and will be a tailor for those who underestimate our capabilities . Some said that it’s a waste of money ,but we must not forget that the whole budget is very less compare to others lunar mission , as far as China is concerned it has approximately 10 times more budget than India. Our Lunar mission just cost 386 crores this has made whole world shocked and some countries are interested to collaborate with such economic projects.
This amount of budget I think is not a much big deal for our economy which is the third largest in the world, and ironically this budget is too less than the scams we found in India. Though common man is not going to get immediate benefits , but as far as long term benefits when there will be need of alternative fuels then this Lunar expedition will definitely going to help directly or indirectly each of us . Some may find it funny that when NASA was not able to find any alternative fuel there then what ISRO is going to do there. But we must not forget that NASA has reached moon just because of the cold war and erstwhile race between US and USSR competing eachother, and then it has turned its way to exploring other planets of solar system.
They are wondering in space in search of alternative fuels and space colonies (colonies on moon were promised by NASA decades ago but no progress yet) . Think of if ISRO finds some alternative fuel on moon or find suitable topography for lunar colonies , Chandrayan 1 has once again created curiosity about moon , everyone wants to know more about our nearest celestial neighbour which was always ignored by us .
Japan and china are our competitors both are planning manned mission to moon , in response to it ISRO has announced Chandrayan 2 project and is planning a manned mission in 2020 . Probably this might turn the lunar gold rush in to a unique opportunity for bonding among nations.
So friends keep your fingers crossed and wait for the day when our first manned flight will take off making ISRO and India a space leaders in the world.
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