Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Another sad day in Indian History

I hope there doesnt come a day in the future when you sit and wonder.. Jeez what went wrong.. and then you go back in time and see the stupid decisions made by such stupid Blood sucking, money minded, conniving theives, who call themselves Politicians that serve the people of India...
This is an excerpt of the Interview given Arjun Singh to Karan Thappar brought to my attention by one of my friend.. Thappar rocks..

Karan Thapar: Let’s approach the issue of reservations differently in that case. Reservations mean that a lesser-qualified candidate gets preference over a more qualified candidate, solely because in this case, he or she happens to be an OBC. In other words, the upper castes are being penalised for being upper caste.
Arjun Singh: Nobody is being penalised and that is a factor that we are trying to address. I think that the prime Minister will be talking to all the political parties and will be putting forward a formula, which will see that nobody is being penalised.
Karan Thapar: I want very much to talk about that formula, but before we come to talk about how you are going to address concerns, let me point one other corollary - Reservations also gives preference and favour to caste over merit. Is that acceptable in a modern society?
Arjun Singh: I don't think the perceptions of modern society fit India entirely.
Karan Thapar: You mean India is not a modern society and therefore can't claim to be treated as one?
Arjun Singh: It is emerging as a modern society, but the parameters of a modern society do not apply to large sections of the people in this country.
Karan Thapar: Let me quote to you Jawaharlal Nehru, a man whom you personally admire enormously. On the 27th of June 1961 wrote to the Chief Ministers of the day as follows: I dislike any kind of reservations. If we go in for any kind of reservations on communal and caste basis, we will swamp the bright and able people and remain second rate or third rate. The moment we encourage the second rate, we are lost. And then he adds pointedly: This way lies not only folly, but also disaster. What do you say to Jawaharlal Nehru today?
Arjun Singh: Jawaharlal Nehru was a great man in his own right and not only me, but everyone in India accept his view.
Karan Thapar: But you are just about to ignore his advice.
Arjun Singh: No. Are you aware that it was Jawaharlal Nehru who introduced the first ammendment regarding OBCs?
Karan Thapar: Yes, and I am talking about Jawaharlal Nehru in 1961, when clearly he had changed his position, he said - I dislike any kind of reservations.
Arjun Singh: I don't think one could take Panditji's position at any point of time and then overlook what he had himself initiated.
Karan Thapar: Am I then to understand that regardless of the case that is made against reservations in terms of need, regardless of the case that has been made against reservations in terms of efficacy, regardless of the case that has been made against reservations in terms of Jawaharlal Nehru, you remain committed to extending reservations to the OBCs.
Arjun Singh: I said because that is the will of Parliament. And I think that common decisions that are taken by Parliament have to be honoured.

To read the Full interview, which you must in my opinion.... CLICK HERE

4 comments:

littlecow said...

Why would such devious, completely meaningless and downright stupid answers surprise you? During the bad ol' days when Doordarshan was the only channel, they used to broadcast the proceedings of the parliament. Such mediocrity and stupidity was rampant then, as it is now. You have forgot to mention the icing on the cake though: representatives of the student unions in PoK have "demanded" that they be given reservations in the country's premier science, engineering and law colleges. The reason? India still includes PoK in their maps! How more of a joke can it get?

Summit'sPeak said...

!etadpu

Siva Chidambaram said...

yeah it was like doomsday when i heard this news... you know what surprises me... we have been having 69% reservation in TN all these years and still this news hits us hard...

Sriram said...

@Siva: Yes it is pretty sad state of affairs..

@MeomoryKing: Well.. thats a different arguement altogether.. Subsidies are in place by almost every government, but how you manage it is the issue. These reservations are supposedly the subsidy for the sins of past.. but instead of addressing the issue at the minimum level where it really affects the most, they make it a big political issue which is creating problems.. so lets see how this issue turns out to be.. all the heat on this issue seems to have died out.. i dont hear any news of this issue these days.. any updates??