Well, this is not a post to against all those who ask for reservation, read on..
As I tuned in to NDTV, I happened to watch this story regarding a student’s plight on SC’s stay on OBC reservation. This guy, has already appeared for the IIT JEE once, and now was seeking an admission to the IITs, and was supposed to use his OBC certificate to get in to it. Well, fine till here, but what I hear next did inspire me to raise my voice over here. He as reported, wants to work as a Computer Engineer in the US!!
May I ask why? What’s wrong with India?
Why do you want to flee to the US, when people outside India consider getting an IT job in India difficult?
I was astonished by this guy’s intentions.
Is it why you provide reservation to these communities, so that they leave our country and work for another nation and pay that nation’s taxes? In the benefit of the deserving, I support the reservations, but definitely not for these cases. Why should the nation provide subsidised education to these people who don’t want to pay back to the country?
If this is why he wants to use the reservations, then I assert, that he should be denied one.
PS: As I learnt from the rest of the story, the student (I forgot the name), had appeared the IIT JEE once before and this was his second attempt, he has now decided not to answer this time (because one gets only two chances to appear for the exam), and hopes to answer next time, with the reservations ON.
Well Friend, I would suggest that you don’t be dependent on these reservations, work hard and get into the institutions through merit; reservations are not an alternative to hard work.
For a proof, go switch on your television, and tune in to NDTV, today itself, rather now.
I didn’t find the news article on their site, I can’t say if they shall be airing the clip again.
April 5, 2007 at 11:41 pm
dude… so rightly said….. but wht r ur real intentions behind this post…
April 5, 2007 at 11:47 pm
Arjun Singh Ji..Whats your answer to this now? Earlier you were arguing that all the ‘upper caste’ engineers and doctors are leaving India looking for greener pastures abroad.
April 5, 2007 at 11:50 pm
Well, Manguirish,
My intentions with this post was to highlight whether the reservations are really going to benefint us.
Us in the sense we Indians, If these reservations are used as a ticket to fly to the states then what the point in providing them
If that student wants to work in the US, let him go there and stude there, rather that vacancy can be provided to someone deserving.
Reservations are wasted if they are used in this manner.
April 6, 2007 at 1:41 am
I would like you to produce that clip. This could be a fabrication.
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April 6, 2007 at 9:56 am
I dont see any problem whatsoever. You cannot place curbs on how or where an OBC can use his IIT degree. If he wants to work at Microsoft in Seattle, great. Who are we to question his aspirations ?
The only issue is the following :
Is there material to prove that this person is from a Social and Educationally Backward class ?
If such data does not exist, then the whole nation is being taken for a ride. You cant blame an individual for taking advantage of it.
April 6, 2007 at 12:06 pm
Mr Vaidya,
Pls go on to your television, tune in to NDTV, and watch the news, esp the 9 o’clock news.
This is not any masterpiece of the art of fabrication.
And, may I know why have you placed the adertisement after your comment, this place is not meant for them.
Pls refrain from doing so, in future
April 6, 2007 at 12:26 pm
Well, in that case, let him go to the US, claim that the Indians are in a minority over there, and then ask for a reservation, study and work there.
How stupid of him to do that, ryt?
So what to do, let everyone have their IIT degrees, and flee out of the nation.
Yes, we dont have to preach on what they have to do with their degress, but can certainly make them realise about the amount of Tax payers money the govt spends on them.
Talking about the beneficiaries, who do you think are the ones benefited from this whole drama?
1 – The politicians, of course, How can they loose?
2 – The OBCs, esp those who could not make it into the institutions, because of less or no reservations.
Who else ?
Isn’t India supposed to benefit from this?
The India represented by the above personnel shall definately benefir, but what about the the other part of India.
If these people want to take this reservation, as a ticket to the US, then I re-iterate, They should not be provided with one. But thats Impractical !!
So What can we do?
I dont mean to individually sort out people who want to flee the nation, but want to remind them, that its WE who are going to change the future of the nation, and that can be done by being there. By this I mean, pay our taxes and contribute to the nation’s growth. Or by some means contribute to the nations, by contributing to PM’s funds, etc, not just that also take responsibility and Vote in every election, so that you have the right to question. Be a part, of this growing nation
If you cant do that, then you don’t have any right to question on what the government is doing…
April 6, 2007 at 12:47 pm
I agree, if people are benefiting from the tax payers money, there has to be some mechanism in place to ensure that nation also benefits from their services.
To put it into perspective, almost all the IT companies that recruit freshers make them sign a bond for at least a year, two years in most cases. If you are making an (forced) investment, you have every right to ask for a return (Unless it is in the stock market)
April 6, 2007 at 2:47 pm
i seriously feel we should have reservations…
but keep it at school level, at grad level.. but why the heck at postgrad level? and institutions like the iit’s or AIIMS? doesnt this send a wrong signal? it simply means that the nation wants to promote mediocrity… Tomorrow if u fall sick, will choose to go a guy who has secured 50% n got a seat in AIIMS to become a doctor or a OC who has struggled to get a seat after secruing 99% !!!!
kalam vision india 2020 is thrown straight to the trash…
even now if u see the growth of the nation, it coz of few powerhouses/individuals rather who have put india on the map….
the effect of these reservations wont be felt now…. but 10-15 years down the line… its gonna raise a hell of a lot of stink….
April 7, 2007 at 11:40 am
Hi i truly agree wid u… i too watched d clip on TV tht day. together wid tht they also aired d story of another OBC guy who intends to apply thru general category as he believes in merit n feels d IITs being a brand name shldnt compromise on quality…..
kudos to such guys ! they r d true Indians tht d govt shld encourage wid d necessary financial support..
April 7, 2007 at 4:34 pm
I am sure a lot of people who get into IITs thro merit (and hence are better) also have similar, if not grander, dreams.
So whats so wrong with a person whos not so good going to the US? Its a lesser loss.
One cannot build up everything on reciprocity. State should not say that its gives reservation to have bonded laborers. Thats just not fair.
The pedagogy has to change. Students should think about their responsibility towards the nation. You cannot keep a dissatisfied person in office for long.
You are using a wrong argument against reservations.
April 7, 2007 at 10:26 pm
Hi Deepa,
Well, Yea, I did see that OBC guy who did not want to use the OBC certificate, because he think IITs have a brand name that deserve nothing lesss than top notch quality.
BRAVO!!
I have seen many such people, who although come under OBC but fo not use them, cos they know they no longer can be considered backward. Its such development, thats targeted here through reservations.
Unfortunately, thats not being taken in the right sense.
I have seen people mis-use the OBC certificate for all the benefits it entitles to.
And, out here, is it dificult to get an OBC certificate?
So there you go, its this attitude that I am against.
Thanks for commenting back..
April 7, 2007 at 10:35 pm
Well Ujj,
I have said right in the begining that the post is not against reservations.
The post is against the misuse of these reservations.
I have protested the attitude of that guy, who uses reservations as a pasport to the States.
April 8, 2007 at 4:36 am
May be yes they do, but then does not the cream de la cream of the country uses IITs as passport to the States?
Like I said, we should be more worked up about our brilliant students going abroad than worrying about the others.
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