You thought i had no tears,
But, you know,
my tears are more precious
to me, than my life.
I’d prefer to be dead than
Caught with them.
So, next time, if you get
Those rare appearances
Take those droplets as blood-
Blood of my heart,
Blood of my life,
As blood in my eyes.
this reservation that even if a government had no significant achievements during its rule, its electoral fortunes are revived by securing reservation for the politically significant classes. This government gives no heed to 300 farmer suicides in Vidarbha which occurred in a span of just seven months. This regime is ignorant about the plight of the thousands relocated in Narmada valley until Medha Patkar's fast threatens her death. It announces, amidst all this, reservation of 27% for OBCs in all central universities just before the commencement of assembly elections in five states. And you believe that shows the government's concern for the suffering 'Aam Aadmi'! The motive behind the reservation game has been nothing more than attracting the consolidated vote bank of backward classes.
least significant. You closely monitor the electoral equations in the states individually and you'll find the ground reality. In Bihar and UP, its still Yadav+Muslim. In AP and Tamilnadu, its again OBCs and Muslims.(I'm not covering any more state as that would make a long list.) In fact, the Congress government in AP has even implemented a 5 pc reservation for Muslims to pocket its minority vote bank for long. In almost all the states of Indian union, the reservation percentage for SC, ST and OBCs has touched the upper ceiling of 50% set by the Supreme Court.
Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar had stated the purpose of the provision of reservation as the upliftment of the impoverished masses. If we consider what purpose the reservation in central universities is going to serve, we'll find that it just helps the lower middle class or middle class of the backward castes to move to the next higher class. The impoverished masses belonging to these backward castes have nothing to do with this. Upliftment doesnt mean moving from middle-income to high-income class. It very clearly implies the betterment of the people below the poverty line. That is one area where India has to do a lot to become a developed nation. But, then we had a long history of 'power-politics' and even today, 'development-politics' takes backseat
when realpolitik comes into consideration.
उसे आगे का रास्ता बताया
"पर एक समस्या है
hallpatiyo.n ka pata sujhaya"Par ek samasya hai
preet ke geet lutaata hai;
In the recently concluded student body(Gymkhana) elections at IIT Kharagpur, all the top posts, except VP, went uncontested and the lonely fight was won by a margin of around one-third of total votes polled. You must be thinking that this institute is blessed in having such exceptional people as their representatives! You might even be thinking that in a place full of talents, how much exceptional these people must be in order to invite no challenge. Well, they're not. Not exceptional. What's exceptional is- KGP's democracy(?). And, it has evolved further in its singualrity this year.
may become outcast of 'A' for aloof block! You might loose your candidature for the innumerous coveted posts! But, don't forget these are the people who are going to carry out the 'Paritrana' of this country. Keep it in your mind that these are the 'Rang De Basanti'-brand leaders of tommorrow. And, their leaders- they're divine creatures! Don't ever dare not to follow their directives. Neither questioning the righteousness of it!
classic example. There may be controversies on these things being a contribution by IITs alone. But, everyone will agree to its contribution in terms of the great number of enterpreneurs and engineers it has produced over the years. It has made contributions at many other levels too, which are not visible. Rather, they were not made visible. It has been rippling subcultures for a long time. There have been many literary contributions, too. Apart from Chetan Bhagat and Sandipan Deb, there have been a good number of terms which were originally a part of IIT lingo and are now used almost everywhere. My endeavour here, is to bring to light a significant contribution that it has made to politics and governance which has not been noticed till date.
to ratify the control and authority of these handful of people. The arrangement under which all this happens is called- 'Pact'. This word-'pact' is undoubtedly the most impactful term of the KGP lingo. This arrangement is highly efficient and it has very few leaks. The nominees are decided on individual preference and pleasure and are agreed upon by others well in advance, almost two-three months and even more. The system through which these nominees become eligible is compact- it doesn't leave a common man a chance of ever standing in the elections. There're proper channels in which he must have spent a significant time and he must have done enough to please the people who matter.