Reservation and Brahmins ??

Heres a post on a , hmm, shall we say, 'intriguing' subject by some passionate bloke on the above captioned subject

http://srivatsanmurali.blogspot.com/2005/12/reservation-and-brahmins-updated.html

while, i tend to agree that this quota system is preventing quite a few brahmin guys from getting seats, jobs and so on : some people (especially the commenting junta) were asking for abolishment of quota altogether or even worse - TAMBRAS was asking for some 15% (not sure of the number) reservation for canditates classified FC (thats all wrong dude)

One thing is undeniable here. In a place like India (say TamilNadu to be specific) the divide between the blogging cosmopolitan dudes and the poor aam aadhmi in a village is HUGE. I dunno if any of those guys who commented on that post are even thinking of this. A thing such as a quota can be literally life changing for any of these poor guys.

Trust me, i know this from experience : i went to a government college (having to fight it out on Open quota and having the extra pressure with a rural quota in place). But I strongly believe that a few guys were really worth the quota. I could see their lives change with my own eyes. Absence of reservation will seriously hamper their chances of coming up in life or even worse, be detrimental to long term improvement amongst the less previleged.

I can think of a bunch of things:

1. Change the method of classification. FC/OC/ST whatever is based on Birth. I know quite a few guys from well 0ff families, who went to convent schools who are classified MBC (most backward class) and Scheduled tribes. ( Backward, my foot ! ) Instead you could adopt a method which can classify by income streams / school classification / or something (I know it is almost impossible to implement though)

2. In the short term implement tough conditions on junta who use these quotas. Today, you hardly find a doctor who went to MMC on a ST quota, whos going back to his native village and helping to bring his community up or an Engineer who'll donate part of his earnings to uplift fellow members of his old circle (if at all he was from a genuinely backward group).

You could say: Hey if you use quota to claim a seat then, you'll have to sign a bond to serve for 3 years in a village of your choice or something.

So it can be say, 60% open and 40% quota (classified as suggested above, with conditions in place)

As for Brahmins trying to start political parties, i think i'll let that one go down as a joke.