tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29530553.post5406792479363525092..comments2023-10-04T01:56:20.226-07:00Comments on Catawampus Me!!!!: Why not reservation?Winnie the poohihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11445691463105808647noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29530553.post-71868277968630858482009-03-06T14:13:00.000-08:002009-03-06T14:13:00.000-08:00winnie, this is a nice idea, but setting up qualit...winnie, this is a nice idea, but setting up quality schools and colleges is an expensive proposition, and with the govenrment at the helm, it's bound to be messed up.<BR/><BR/>i feel economic reservations are the way to go - as there are less chances of the govt messing that up. also, after max 2 generations of using reservations, they should be abolished for that family. that way we elimnate the systematic lazy moochers, who are poor not because they don't have the opportunity but because they don't care.<BR/><BR/>unfortunately, for quite a while now, reservation hasn't been about upliftment, but votebank politics. none of these suggestions have any hope of being implemented under the current political system.krist0ph3rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10281177677024086693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29530553.post-44547270887621920372009-03-06T09:00:00.000-08:002009-03-06T09:00:00.000-08:00Often I have asked myself how is the reservation q...Often I have asked myself how is the reservation quota will work?<BR/><BR/>I think the idea behind creating the quota was right, but the fact that no rules were set on what basis the admission were given made it easier from the given categories students to study less as they know that they will get admission on the basis of their category.<BR/><BR/>You should see the faces of the students who in spite of scoring higher does not see his name in the first list for admission, while a person from the reservation category makes it in the first list with a percentage of 35% in a well known college.<BR/><BR/>Now with reservations in IIT, IIM's things are only going to get worse.Tall Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07209792646136367498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29530553.post-26253178180105267102009-03-06T03:11:00.000-08:002009-03-06T03:11:00.000-08:00Firstly, It feels good to see someone openly addre...Firstly, It feels good to see someone openly addressing hard-pressed issues like this:-) <BR/>As long as caste system , fallacies in the administration exists, reservation is here to stay. Howmuchever we scream at the top of our voices, most times it just goes unheard :-( This does not appeal like pessimism I hope. I just am being absolutely candid:-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29530553.post-71325048776538787442009-03-05T00:45:00.000-08:002009-03-05T00:45:00.000-08:00agree comletely Winnie..sadly the reason reservati...agree comletely Winnie..sadly the reason reservation has not worked despite having been around for so many years is precisley because of politics...and the ONLY criteria for reservation ideally should be on the basis of economic background,<BR/><BR/>sadly as you can see that is not the case today..'the 'creamy layer'(what a word!)takes the benefits..<BR/><BR/>I dont see reservation going anytime soon coz the votebanks for slimy politicians will dspr..Indyeahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915739361027887530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29530553.post-58459196006615926612009-03-05T00:16:00.000-08:002009-03-05T00:16:00.000-08:00Well, the best thing you have done to make your st...Well, the best thing you have done to make your stand clear is example you have given...<BR/><BR/>A good thought provoking one...Subhajithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07556370967974993187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29530553.post-15232043082925762272009-03-05T00:05:00.000-08:002009-03-05T00:05:00.000-08:00Ajit it is a difficult question but what we have i...Ajit it is a difficult question but what we have is not a solution!Winnie the poohihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11445691463105808647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29530553.post-7038827284370634632009-03-04T23:21:00.000-08:002009-03-04T23:21:00.000-08:00great article winnie....yes reverse dis. is not th...great article winnie....<BR/>yes reverse dis. is not the way to go.....<BR/>but in india, the lines of dis. are so blurred that we cannot ping point it....:)<BR/>It is a difficult question....<BR/>in places like Bihar etc, Upper castes dis. against lower caste... and in places like TN, upper castes are being dis. against....<BR/>:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com