Re: [GCT78] RE: [uktamils] Another view on Reservation

[purushothaman pillai]

Dear All,

 

my views on reservation need not be different from others:

 

I could become an engineer because of reservations and support as I am just as ordinary as anybody; few people expect extra-ordinary from me as I  once studied in IISc. We shall also consider that I was only last but one in the class at IISc, but a special student for some other reasons.

 

But, on one count we could not lose good talents who are from upper castes, why should we lose them if they are going to help the poor people in rural places. People from rural places very well know that upper caste people hold very high esteem in schools as teachers; not all upper caste people are  greedy..

 

I had a distinction having lived with upper caste people in gurukul for four years; we did not have much differentiation; we mingled together freely;

 

we also know cases where deserving candidates miss the bus because of upper castes; one is my closest friend from my own village, who only got me the engineering application form, if not for him I would have not at all applied for engineering; but, he could not get the admission, although his scores were high...

 

I think the reservation policy must be such that everyone gets the right to pursue his line of choice, scrap all educational college attendance requirements, even for PhD(for which I am now suffering); develop such national 24 hours labs, online and physical for every specialty and remove the discrepancy at the root level itself, at basic level itself. Bring the backward children to the level of upper caste children before they leave the primary schools!  The opportunity cost of not giving the right choice of education to each child of this country would be more costlier.

 

I should also mention this:  we (myself- backward and few friends  from upper castes) respect each other for our respective intellegnece and capabilities, each had our own strengths and weakness. By the age of 12 to 14 we should have the courage that we can live happily in this world, why should one worry about not getting a job, a job is always there for one to grab.

 

We should also consider the aspect that every IIM and IIT person wishing to become a Bill_Gates or so. Although, I could not make it even to 10% of my dream to have a break-through, although I could enter IISc, as a boy I wanted to become one like Sir C V Raman.

 

I declare that all corrupt money in this country should be recovered and applied for education. Education shall lead to self-development, confidence, courage to achieve goods for our nation and to the societies.

 

Puru

 

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