God's lesser children

It's Back. The whole reservation thing. This time around it is for the IIT's and the IIM's and the M.B.B.S. And the whole nation is protesting. My first tryst with reservation was some 13 years ago. And it has been since then. What is the whole thing, anyway. Undeserving students will get admissions regardless of merit. And they will drop out unable to cope up. I am not against the reservation thing. I totally disagree with the way people are seggregated. In urban cities, it makes no sense to call a third generation under priveledged.
Education needs to reach the underpriveledged in this country. The motive behind the move is clear and concise, the implementation all wrong. It comes out as nothing more than a political move to capture the vote bank. I have nothing against any caste or tribe. It is a vice the world has problems with. But the way we handle it is seriously outdated.
I can't recall a student uprising at that time unlike now. Maybe, I was too young to know what was happening. And by the time it hit me, it was maybe a couple of years too late. Could have been interesting to come out on the streets. But the students are doing it now. There seem to be protests all around the country. It is kind of wierd to protest against policies being implemented by people we choose to represnt us in the first place.
I hope i could do more than just to sit and watch. Someday, maybe. As of now, the issue is hot. The government is not budging from it's stand, nor are the students. Hoping there is a feasible solution. Till then, it's the usual wait and watch.