Ram's Cafe

 
There is enough noise, I mean, news, on the so-called OBC Reservation issue...
Indian Express Full Coverage > OBC Reservation
Rediff.com The Reservation Issue
What I find interesting is the way arguments are put-forth by the anti-reservation camp...while some of their points do carry 'merit' (hmm..! merit, yes...), I find a lot of their arguments and the way articles are written to be cunning and manipulative, baring a rage against and contempt for the so-called lower-caste people. As in cases of discrimination, the arguments have been extremely simplified - so much so that it's implied that merit=upper caste and reservation=mediocrity.
I don't support a blind implementation of any percentage of reservation...I find the hypocrisy and the opportunism of some in the so-called OBC camp ridiculous and outrageous. And I would like some of the criminals in the OBC category who actually terrorise those belonging to the SC/ST category to be prosecuted - this would be the height of stupidity and absurdity, if not for the violence that is often involved...I am certainly pissed off with the way Arjun Singh is going about in this matter...I have never really trusted him, anyway - from the days of his constant and completely unwarranted needling of P.V. Narasimha Rao...But I have to give it to him for standing up to the 'protesters'...against whom some valid questions have been asked...
The other side of merit & Mandal II
What more do the upper castes want?