Rights deserved or rights reserved

What is the Reservation voice all about? The debate’s already started and the reservation noise is being heard far and wide. You surely must be having your point of view. We have given a summary of both views for you to decide on the sensitive subject.

Anti-reservation policy view

Sincerity in social upliftment could be portrayed giving the means and not alms.

While the pro-reservation contingent talk about a difference of only 2-5 marks of advantage for the backward students. But there have been instances where they have not been many even in this special category. So there are some who even get in with just qualifying marks of 50-60% because of their special quota.

Would the HRD minister go to such a doctor of fly with such a pilot in cockpit? This is an unhealthy as well as a dangerous practise.

Being in a premiere institution without reaching the level of competence required only leads to depression and a few of these students even get suicidal.

Pro-reservation policy view

As it was said during the recent State election campaigns, this could definitely be a way of bridging the gap between the have and have-nots.

Most of these students once through, do have a sense of gratefulness and are therefore more likely to help bring up the other backward societies. Their success will also inspire many other kids from these societies to look forward to a bright future.

These students could also give their prospective companies and education institutions different perspectives to think about. This would inturn help the organizations to analyze ground realities in Rural India and come up with more realistic plans.

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