Future due to RESERVATION...

[Harish]

MAY BE THE FUTURE IS LIKE THIS:-


 Sun is rising as usual in the east.


 I'm standing here outside the school, waiting for my 10 yr kid. He
studies
 in class 2. Only this year he could get admission into the school.
For the
 last 5 yrs, admissions were closed for the general category
students.


 School bell rings. I can see a lot of happy children coming out of
the
 gate, I wait for half an hour and my kid comes at last after other
 children. General students are not allowed to cross the gate
unless other
 OBC/SC/ST students have crossed the gates.


 OBC/SC/ST fathers drive away their children in classy cars. But I
have to
 walk back home with my kid... A 5km stretch. I lost my car some
years back
 when Govt. came with a rule that General people have to deposit a
tax equal
 to cost of their cars. Failing which I had to sell the car.


 As far as buses are concerned, the seats in buses are reserved for
 OBC/SC/ST. So no place there also.


 After walking some 5km in scorching heat I finally reach home. It's
 Wednesday.... shit, no electricity. Every Mon, Wed, Thu, Sat is
power cut
 in the houses of General category population .So that SC/ST/OBC
can be
 uplifted by providing them with every opportunity... and in that
 consideration electricity is an important factor.


 Its 10:00 pm... No electricity at home. It's very hot inside the
four walls
 of home. So I dare to step out in park with my wife and kid. I sit
with my
 family on a secluded bench in garden. It's hardly 5 min... A guard
comes to
 us strolling in the park. He asked me what caste I belong to.
 I say with some hesitation... "G...General". He asks me to pay a
fine of
 Rs.200 and get out of the park. My Fault... The bench I am sitting
on is
 meant for again the SC/ST/OBC. For their upliftment, peace of mind
is an
 essential thing. So Govt comes with this decision to reserve
benches for
 them. Kudos to them...


 It's early in the morning ...the newspaperwala just knocks the
door. I take
 the newspaper and start reading...
 It's Independence Day. I can never forget this day some 20 yrs
back. My kid
 hardly knows what 15th August is, because I never told him any
stories of
 greatness of our Country or anything related to Country. I don't
feel like
 telling him the failures after freedom...


 On front page of the newspaper, in a corner their is a news about
an OBC
 member getting 6 months imprisonment in "BAL SUDHAR GRAHA" from a
juvenile
 court for murdering and raping a six year old girl...
 Yes the rules have been amended, since the last 5 years. The
Culprit was a
 25 year old OBC so age relaxation is provided for trial of crime.
So he is
 taken to juvenile court, since there is an age relaxation for
OBC/SC/ST.


 About 11 am someone gives me the bad news about demise of one of my
 neighbors and friend Mr. Mehta. I go to his house for condolence
next day;
 his body is still lying there, rotting in the heat. I ask his son
about the
 cremation. His son tells me, "Many Reserved-Category people have
died
 yesterday, so we are not getting entry to cremation ground ".
 This rule is the latest from Govt. where the seats in cremation
ground will
 be reserved for SC/ST/OBC for their upliftment. Finally next day
Mehtaji is
 creamted. I could see the sun setting through the Flames burning a
 liberated Body, liberated from caste n creed. I am surprised sun
still sets
 in the west.
 It is about 9 pm, I am about to sleep in my bed. My son comes to
me with
 innocence in his eyes, inquisitively he asks me the
question: "what is
 reservation?"
 I ask him where he heard that. He suddenly bursts in tears... I
ask him to
 keep quiet. But I can listen through his sobs, "mujhe bhi
reservation
 chahiye".


 How can I convince him it's not some toy in the market that I can
get for
 him?


 He keeps crying that night, claiming many of "his classmates have
got
 reservation". To make him quiet I say "Ok, I'll buy you
reservation at your
 next Birthday"...


 HOPE he understands the bloody concept soon...

--
Harish