Till recently I had trouble in wrapping my head around the
reservation concept, though a lot had been said and refuted regarding this
issue in the past.
This might be due to my inclination towards Technocracy rather than democracy. But
according to a Tamil proverb, the intensity of pain involved in a headache or stomach
ache could be realized only when one gets it. As said by some of the reformists,
I believe one of the possible vaccines for this chronic illness could be inter
caste/religion love marriages. It has made the dawn of a new society inevitable
where one can trace his ancestry just like Europeans and Americans do i.e. ‘I
am one eighth Italian, one fourth French, etc.’ After a detailed discussion
with my mentor at office, I got some perspective which helped me to put this issue
to rest.
But this can of worms got re-opened again after the recent news
about Tamil Nadu government’s initial hesitation in lowering the pass marks for
Teacher Eligibility Test for specific sections of the society. My school of
thought is – “Though not all good learners are good teachers, yet a good
teacher has to be a good learner. Then how can a mediocre student be a good
teacher?
Arm forces, Teachers and Doctors – Do the people belonging
to these fields do mere jobs, or is it a service to the country? They are not economic
tools which help only an individual; instead they have the potential to mold
fellow human beings. If we compromise in their quality, it will lead to
irreversible damages. Just like some highest institutions of research are
exempted from purview of reservation, so does this field too need to be
exempted, in order to nurture a bright future for our country. Politicians have
and are exploiting this situation for vote bank politics. It has aided
indirectly to widen the gap between rich and poor, mushrooming private schools
and their hefty donations, unattended government hospital institutions and stock
market enlisted private hospital firms, finally brain drain. My simple question
to them is this – Those who advocate these reservations, will they get treated
by such doctors or get their children tutored by such mediocre tutors?
Maybe, I believe in Spartan theory, yet it is better to have
five Pandavas rather than hundred Kauravas!
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