From: muthu@mecad.uta.edu (S.N. Muthukrishnan)
Subject: Reservation, Casteism and Hypocracy
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Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 13:07:29 GMT
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I was surprised to see the amount of hypocrats on this group! Oh! boy, what a  
chaos! Eductaion has not driven sense into some (or should it be many ?). In  
essence it seems that the educated  but still barbaric people were all moved  
into sct. Why is everyone so fired up when the word Periyar, Brahmin and  
reservation come up? Is it a sense of guilt.

Never have I seen or heard of a place as bad as TN. I sometimes feel so ashamed  
to mention the fact that I am from TN. Can anyone deny that?  Born as human  
beings everyone has the equal right to justice in a society. The mistakes of  
the past cannot be corrected by their descendants. Well, I know you want to  
refuse that, but listen for a moment. What will build pride in some one who  
does not make any effort for the fruits of hardwork? The sense of security that  
exists today in reservation only tends to show how weak in mind people are. It  
only shows how apprehensive one is.

Reservation in India and particularly TN is so biased that an average FC person  
thinks twice before wanting to settle down in TN. The standard of living in TN  
has dropped considerably over the past two decades comparing it to the rest of  
the country. Even a private company cannot have its own ways to recruit people.  
It is the wish of the employer. If the government deals with businesses like  
what they have done so far no business will flourish in TN. Look at for  
instance the number of sick industries. How many engineering firms have been  
setup in TN over the last two decades of the so called reformist rule. Nothing  
has changed except the fact that

 the percentage of reservation for nonFC communities have gone up.  
 the communities wanting to be declared backward has attracted demonstrations.
 hindibashing has been patronised.
 implementing ridiculously costly schemes like noonmeal scheme for fetching 
  votes.
 threatening employees with suspension for disobeying orders that are idiotic
  and stupid.
 training people to elect uneducated, uncouth, filthy, corrupt politicians.
 training for goondaism (one of the only ism's to be patronised by the 
  reformists).

Before you reply to my claim that "TN in particular is a bad place to live in  
for an FC", think about this. 

1) Why in the world will one want to set up reservation based on the atrocities  
(notice that I am not claiming what was done in the past was right) of the  
past? Does'nt it lead to discrimination.

2) I don't say reservation should not have been made as the alternative to get  
rid of the ills of the past, but is'nt there a way to do it.

3)Why does a FC student with 96% have to wait with anxiety if he/she would get  
into a professional institution? Why does a BC/SC/ST student with 65% get into  
engineering or medical school. What is the case if the FC student is poor and  
the BC/SC/ST student is rich (stinkingly).

Please take note of the point, that I hate to use the  adjectives of  
FC/BC/SC/ST. I have to have some refernce to what the government means.

4) The so called reformists are nothing more than selfish crooks. 

All those who have been into professional colleges through reservation should  
sit back and think if what is being done now is right. Reservation has existed  
for more than forty years, a time span sufficient to educate a totally new  
generation. What happened to all these people who got their education through  
reservation? Why are they afraid to come out and say, we don't need reservation  
any longer? Are they afraid? Do they think they are incapable of qualifying  
without reservation? Let these prophets subscribing and talking act. I think  
these people who talk are only capable of talking. They know nothing about  
action. Their words are as separatist as their minds and their attitude. Those  
who have enjoyed the fruits of reservation (that was a legitimate need) are  
today backing off from their duty. Shedding their responsibilities they are all  
out to ensure that the caste based reservation will exist for generations to  
come.

I wish education could inculcate some rational thinking in the minds of people.

I don't care for TN. I do care for my relatives and friends who are going thro'  
the agony of this hypocracy everday. My sympathies are for them. They are _not_  
for the FC/BC/SC/ST. 

I issue a call for all those rational minded people to come forward and pledge  
to end this reservation system followed in TN and in other parts of the country  
I am unaware of.

Muthukrishnan



S. N. Muthukrishnan                    muthu@mecad.uta.edu (NeXT mail)
Dept. of Mech. Engg., UT, Arlington    muthu@fem.uta.edu   (NeXT mail)
Arlington, TX  76019

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