Is reservation is the key to solve the problem of minority?

In fact reservation is the reason for all the problems that the minority is facing today. Categorizing a person on the basis of his caste is very de-humanizing and further still reserving a job because he belongs to a particular caste is worse. All human beings are born equal and it is one's work and education that earns him name, fame and wealth. Reserving or giving a quota for something is in itself a proof that a particular person is incapable of getting it under normal circumstance and needs special favours. It renders them incapable of making an effort to gain that thing under normal circumstance and builds a comfort factor based on his minority status. This only leads to the person lacking in self confidence and thirst for making an effort at something.

Reservation is one of the best tools in the hands of our politicians to win the game.

I fully agree with you Sir.

No NOT at all

reservation is not to be provided to any person on the basis of his caste or

relegion but a kind of financial or educational help is to be given to those people.

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Sankaran I am of the strong opinion that there should be no reservation at all either on caste basis or on the basis of religion.

If at all the reservation is being done it should be on the basis of individual income of every human being.  

I fully support your views Professor! RESERVATION   IS NOT AT ALL THE SOLUTION.  In fact this itself is the problem. But, nobody listens. Whole country is becoming  HOLLOW!  God only has to save this country from the CANCER  of  reservation.

NO WAY. Reservationist have learned that the Govt. will have to give them benefits in comparison to generals. Higher number of them plan to avail these benefits.

It goes unnoticed that the reservationist avails benefits from their primary standard education in terms of scholarship, % of passing marks, admission relaxation, land allotment, house allotment and much more. Then, when it comes to technical education, again they are given special consideration. For interviews and job placement they have reserved quota, there promotional criteria also give them priority in comparison to general candidates. All these, from 1st step till highest they are being given the advantage over un-reserve's. 

In fact the process should be only at one step, as far as profession/ qualification is concerned. By the way of present provision, the incompetent candidate rises to higher up positions and weakens the whole government machinery. The reservation system MUST be reviewed and reconsidered, as the present criteria is bound to be proved as cancer.

Big NO! Reservation Policy give rise to more problems & unrest in the country, as every other community has started movement for reservation to their community!!

Our poliical bosses forget that it was only the reservation policy of the British Raj, which divided India in to two on its independence, as that created unreparable rift between two communities.

Rather than making strong foundation of the downtrodden by providing adequate educational facilities at the school/ college level to enable them to compete with their counterparts with full confidence, they resort to create split between the communities with their reservation policies just to keep their vote bank secure by divide and rule policy. Rather they continue to drag on the reservation provision  for decades together, while initially Indian constitution provided reservation only for ten (10) years that too for one class of people. Now every community demands reservation.

IN FACT OUR LEADERS WANT TO SEE A BEGGING BOWL IN THE HANDS OF EVERY OTHER PERSON TO SEEK HIS BREAD, RATHER THAN GETTING EMPLOYMNT BY DEMONSTRATING HIS CAPABILITY AND TALENT.

IF PEOPLE START FINDING PLACE IN GOVERNMENT JOBS BASED ON THEIR TALENT, WOULD THEIR LEADERSHIP NOT BE IN DANGER SOME DAY?

SO, why should not they take shelter of the Constitutional whip [even in contrast with its own (constitutional) provision about equality] for the people to avoid any challenge to jeopardize their own leadership?

In other words, the term "equality" for our leaders is what they can impose on the people in order to strengthen their own vote banks and positions, so that they may not get unemployed at any time, when challenged by the wisdom of the majority of the talented persons.

Reservation is depriving  the talent.

definitely not, by giving reservation to minority problem will not solve..this ca be visualized by the facts that still minority community are not much developed in developing India..still they are counted in backward classes..instead of giving reservation we can give them better facilities in order for their development so that they can compete with the general people without any reservation.

no,not at all by giving reservation we are not able to solve problem...it is clear from the fact that still some minority classes are still not progressing enough..instead of giving reservation we can help them by providing the sources to compete with the generals..

Definitely Not,

I think by giving reservations we are making them fell Minor.. If we really want them to grow equally then there should not be anything like Minor and majors.

everyone should be open, admission should be done on the basis of merit and Jobs should be given on the basis of caliber,,,,

Dr. B R ambedkar has suggested for Reservation but has clearly mentioned that reservation should be given only for few 6 yrs not for entire century,,

these politicians are making money otu of these business and we fool JANTA are following them and raising Blue flags and shouting for this and that,..

Actually rather than doing this or fighting for reservation we should fight for equity...

If At All Reservation Is Considered  As A Means To Help Someone Traditionally Underprivilidged Lot Of Masses, The Economic Criteria Should Be The Main Factor & Not The Minority Status Of The Person Based On Caste / Creed/ Religion.

no never. its pure politics. reservation is not a solution at all.

Sankaran I agree with you totally on the subject. Reservation, if at all necessery, should be done on the basis of economic income and not on the basis of cast.

In fact people who they are taking the help of caste system are actually very rich as on today. So the reservation will solve no problem but aggravate it more.

This is not the right move as the minorities face lot of problems than what we actually know..

I support for your views, Sankaran.

We are dividing our nation by giving reservation on caste basis.

If any reservation is to be given then it should be to the people who are economically weak to sustain in this condition.

its not right to solving that probalm.............

An Indian through education, has to emerge to uphold his self pride to get what he wants in the ecosystem around him, without looking for favoritism and think of what he can do for others in the society.

Until then, vote bank politics, corruption and individual falling prey to get what he needs without matching contribution to society around, will keep our Reservation and Quota raj very popular.

With all these, Youth is running to jungles to make sure that every one remains poor!

Finally, it is people who have to say NO to Reservations!

Thank you Mr.Sankaran. It is trues reservations are of no help to minorities. How many SC/STs are benefitted out of reservation ? Negligible. Only the affluent lot are getting the ful advantage. Instead provide them compulsory and free education upto +2 at least. Illiteracy is the root cause of all the problems, either minorities or SC/STs. Once they are educated, the next generation will be automatically take caren of. This was the original thought when Constitutions is drafted. Our politicians are making use of it, fully and completely. 

The minority problem may not be solved by using only reservationist measures as what is more important is to improve the skill level of the individuals which thereby leads to improved economic status rather than focusing on reservation measures only which ensures that the individual is guaranteed a place in a particular system and not how he may perform in the system over a period of time. This is determined based on objective criteria subject to open and merit based competition.....

Generals r  given no advantage in india , they r left on their own struggle , ur minority don't have  "talent" ? Reservation should be abolished completely , instead gov should insure good and affordable education , and job should be given by competition only

Minority allways want somethings more and their real requirements are frequently different than they shouted for..

Reservation was supposed to be a noble concept but like all concepts it got hijacked by self-serving individuals. Politicians and bureaucrats!

It's been over 60 years since the country got independent (I wonder if we are truly free, though) and we still hear slogans like 'garibi hatao'!! The sloganeering crowd seems to liken it to a cardboard box which if re-located serves the purpose. I mean, out-of-sight is after all out-of-mind. So out of home, job and city. And I believe 'garibi hat gaya'.

Then some popcorn munching genius had an epileptic fit but was diagnosed with having had a brainwave. It was a quota within quota within quota... (you get the picture). In principle, I am not against reservations. There has to be a level playing field so others too can join the rat-race.

However, it came to mean that the inept and the incompetent would be promoted to positions of power and responsibility which they are clearly unfit for. And the taxpayer would be billed for it. Take a look at the fiasco that the commonwealth games has landed itself in. And guess what?

Even the completely inept, corrupt and basically downright useless can build a career in public life and be wealthy.

Bitterness and sarcasm aside, reservation in its current avatar is not going to serve the community it is being targeted to or the nation as a whole. But the ones it will most definitely serve are our supposed 'political leaders'.

Reservation in India is the biggest armament of politicians to keep people occupied with age old practice of enslavement.

Best is "Right of education" for ALL 

Reservation for all classes of society should be removed. I have seen how some people of low castes loose their honest ways of behaviour when they get undue benefits of such policies. Sudden wealth and convenience is not handled by everybody in a proper way.

Reservation breeds hatred amongst the classes due to the unjust adv. given to the lower classes (this i have seen amongst my friends during their engineering seats allocation) and am sure this is not what was envisioned by the constitution writers of India.

And now making another category of reservation is a gross mistake.

I am sure people of any class/religion/sect are capable enough and would be getting the right opportunities of progress in our country. And in fact the youth of this country is wise enough to brush aside such differences and work with each other in unison.

The problems of minority(Muslims & Crisis-ts   ) are not because of Hindus had suppressed them. But reservation to them is promotion to conversion

High time we as a developing Nation uniformly do away with this reservation system in the name of Cast,tribe,religion or all specifications.There are better ways to support,enhance self defiance,educate, enhance compatibility and provide competitive edge than to handicap the nation in the name of reservations/subsidies.

We are paying far too dearly by still not making amends to this issue due to our leaders vote bank politics.The receiver of such reservation/subsidies( in general) will never be able to serve the Nation any good,particularly in the field of education if such reservations are provided then it is nothing more then self destruction.

If many of our responsible civil servants, medical professionals and other important professionals start practicing with 50%(due to reservation/quota/subsidy) of the knowledge/skills competency required then we can imagine where it will lead us?        

Thanks shankar. Reservation  if we recall there are officially 1618 languages and only 18 are recognized by the Govt. u know that our politicians are too good in manipulating and if any one say knowingly or Unknowingly that all steps would b taken to recognize the remaining 1600 languages u can very well imagine the magnitude and the impact. Recently i have read in THE HINDU EDITION OF MADURAI DATED 21.92010 WHICH GOES ON TO SAY THAT  "NOMADIC TRIBES DEMAND WELFARE BOARD,5 %  QUOTA IN JOBS." MEMBERS OF NOMADIC , SEMI NOMADIC &ITINERANT TRIBES MAN PARTICIPATED IN THE RALLY ORGANIZED IN THE CITY. THE SURPRISE ELEMENT  IS THAT  EVEN ASTROLOGERS AND PALMISTS PARTICIPATED IN LARGE NUMBERS. ONE BIG QUESTION COMES IN TO MY MIND IS THAT DO WE NEED RESERVATION ?  FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER OF COURSE THE CENSUS BASED ON  CASTE.  GOD WHERE IS INDIA HEADING FOR. ON THE EASTERN SIDE CHINESE ARMY SILENTLY OCCUPYING OUR LAND , SRILANKA GAVE TWO OF ITS AIR BASE TO CHINA, PAKISTAN AS USUAL BUILDING ITS ARMY IN THE BORDER BUT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CWG,THACKERY COMMENTS ON NORTH INDIANS, MAMTA'S RALLY V R STRUGGLING WITH POT HOLES TRAFFIC JAMS CORRUPT OFFICIALS,CARELESS POLITICIANS ,STATE, RELIGION AND EVEN LANGUAGE.SHANKAR ENOUGH IS ENOUGH LET US FIRST WAKE UP AND GET UNITED. AND U ASK  DO WE NEED RESERVATION?

Reservation to minority can give more employment opportunity to minorities but this can not alone solve the problem of minorities. Reservation can make them easy going both in terms of education and employment. They will have less spirit of entrepreneurship and fighting attitude to compete others. Sikh is also a minority community but they do not look for reservation at all. This community is hard workers and know how to solve their problem themselves. What is important is the spirit to change and attitude of hardwork to compete with others and not reservation

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No, it is not solution, i don't think only minority deserve for reservation. other cast also deserve for reservation, in my openion every body deserve reservation who is poor. Govt. should define some criteria on the basis of need not cast.

It is ok for 1 or 2 generations. Not for ever. Reservation is a way of maintaining vote bank

Reservation can never be a help to anyone. Specially when we are over populated. Further, how can caste/tribe determine the need? We have evolved so much for the economic needs of an individual in our country that we can think of much more. If a person is uneducated, he needs to be educated. If a person is jobless, he can be told about the opportunities and can be facilitated to compete for them. He can be helped economically by Govt. but he should know that he, in return, needs to pay it back to the Govt. The competitive requirements to an educational or professional institution cannot be compromised. It is injustice to the whole society.

Why support required to minority?

They have all the right as a common Indian.

They are free to do whatever legal by Indian law.

Then what support they need?

Whatever reasons we give to support minority will lead to one root cause, they are poor.

Does it mean that only minority class are poor?

Remove all reservation for minority.

Implement all reservations for poor.

No ,I dont support reservation or more precisely caste system. We say that we are a secular country,so why shall we have reservations.When Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar have started this system,the scenario of Indian sociiety was totally different.Now it have changed totally or I should say upto 90%.In my opinion, the caste system should be kept active in selected staes in India where backward classes are treated badly by upper classes,and this should be decided through a high level census programe where no forgery is possible.

The states which will be exempted from the reservation system should be provided some exclusive set of facilities so that the states which are having the reservations ,can be exploited to a social status where reservations is not required and can avail similar types of prevealages.

The reservation system is hampering our country's growth,highly.Candidates from backward classes have developed a thought of being prevealaged,in born.So their growth of talent is minimised.But still there are some exceptions,still the percentage is low.

Reservations should be applied for "below poverty level" class,because they are the most underprevealaged people of India,more than the backward classes.Many backward class people have well established background and family facilities due to which they dont need reservations but still they avail it, and there are many people from general class who are so poor that they cant avail to support their study and other careeristic fees inspite of being highly talented.Its really sad and shameful.It should be changed for the healthy growth of our country in all respect and duely ammended by government.

RESERVATION IS NEVER A KEY TO SOLVE MINORITY PROBLEM , THIS WILL ONLY CREATE  PROBLEMS IN COMMUNITIES .INSTEAD OF RESERVATION FINANCIAL AID MUST BE PROVIDED TO THE PERSON WHO EVER DESERVES , CASTE SHOULD NEVER BE THE BASE.

CASTISM HAS DIVIDED US IN HINDU, MUSLIM ,SIKH ,CHRISTIAN WHICH SHOULD NOT BE THERE. NOW ADDED TO IT SC ST AND OBC ETC.THIS IS CREATING ENEMITY IN ALL PEOPLE.

No. Instead of solving, it would create more problems.

Point 1 : Even after leaving Hinduism and joining another religion (which is supposed to be caste-less) the caste tag does not leave a person, then what is the use of joining the other religion. The person can as well be a Hindu and get the benefit of reservation. 

Point 2 : Why is it that religious leaders of other religions want to convert people. Is it to show official records and get more grant from the west. Might as well let the worshiper remain a Hindu as per records but pray to that religion's god. This way, he still be entitled to reservation and still follows the religion of his choice.

Point 3 : If Reservation can solve all problems, then after around 60 years of independence, it must have solved all problems of the lower castes in India. All the low caste must have grown in the last 60 years and be equal to the upper most caste in terms of wealth and status. Also, there must have been no caste in India since the upper caste Hindus would have hypothetically accepted these lower caste people if they are of the same status. But no, this has not happened and whoever thought this would happen was really "Daydreaming". Whereas, you still have low caste people who are suffering. It is pathetic that this (reservation) has not solved and the system (Both caste and reservation) is still continuing.  

I dont believe in reservation sysytem it is making then just fools & in a long term their compatibility factor to a job ll be highly effected by it.

When Mr Bhimrao Ambedkat made the Indian constitution he applied reservation bill only for 5 yrs bt nw it is going on in a wide way. In education government should make a policy where any intelligent student will get the best of the facilities to enhance their knowledge & skills thus they become able to face the emerging challenges of the business world .

Minority is a very serious issue we should take serious steps towards it like we can offer free education,Free housing & provide them various health related facilities if we are providing them admission at lower perscentage ll they can make them self more employable we need to think the seriousness of this issue rather than helping them we are sending them 1000yrs back on the basisi of which reservation they can face the global challenges.

We are Indian & we need to focus on the issues where we can utilize our maximum man power How to make them more knowledgable & employable thus we can become one country where support is availbale for everyone who need it.Rather than fighting of these issues we need to understand the true meaning of reservation.

Reservation means to upgrade the life of an person or community who is facing problems not to make a nation whoes citizens have a feeling thety have drawback & they need assistance to face the society