Reservations for OBC

I remember one day when I told my father, "Why can't I get adopted by some SC/ST/OBC".. and this was in my 5th class when I missed qualifying an exam due to reservation. That was a child's viewpoint with some anger in his little mind over these reservations....

And as time passed and size of so-called brain increased, I realized problem was worse that what I had imagined.

May be I am lucky to have surpassed this reservation criterion in IIT's, but there are many friends of mine (and many who are not my friends) who have lost the battle because they didn't had high-tech missiles provided to reserved category persons against JEE paper terrorists... The only thing they can enjoy through their 4-year degree course elsewhere is the feeling of being from upper caste, while their counterparts are also happy and feel dignified in saying themselves "BACKWARD".... I am surprised to see people feeling so happy in getting their castes included in OBC.. This is not my view, various caste representatives had actually pressed their opinion to get themselves included in OBC list when it was framed. Today, the situation,as per media, 85% population is SC/ST/OBC... Then, Isn't it unfair to reserve only 50%, why not go for 85%?

Basic purpose of reservations should be to make the unpriviliged people competent enough to get through the entrance exams for the prestigious institutions... As told by Prof. M. Balakrishnan, IIT Delhi,"IITs have had reservations for SC/STs for decades. Why would this be different? Aren't these students likely to be better prepared than the students admitted under the existing reserved category? Here I would like to share some of the facts with the readers. IITs have been admitting SC/ST students for years under two modes. From the general category, a significantly lower JEE cutoff is decided and reserved category students scoring above this cutoff are admitted directly to the UG programmes.
Another still lower cutoff is decided and reserved category students from this set are admitted to a one year preparatory course conducted by IITs themselves. After passing this course, they can join the programmes without having to appear in JEE again. Even this exercise collectively yields less than 15% in IIT Delhi though the quota amounts to nearly 22.5%. Half of the reserved category students manage to clear courses comfortably while the other half struggle on the margins. What would be called a good performance (cumulative grade point average or CGPA of 8 and above) and is achieved by nearly forty percent of general category students, is rare and occurs once in many years among the reserved category students."

I am from a Hindu-Brahmin family which used to be a staunch believer of caste system a generation back. Now modern education has changed the mindset and infact some of my best friends are SC/ST... but these bloody politicians don't want to abolish caste system.... Not only these politicians, majority of SC/ST community itself don't want it... Here are the views of Dr Udit Raj (formerly Ram Raj), Chairman, All-India Confederation of the SC/ST Federations.
"http://in.rediff.com/news/2006/may/16inter2.htm"

As a citizen of India, I strongly condemn any form of reservation anywhere amongst higher education. There should be steps to promote primary education amongst all those financially weaker sections of society, and that too not based on caste. Generations and generations of some castes have benefitted from same old policies. While we have entered 21st century and trying to be near developed state, we still want to remain divided in castes.... Good India! I feel proud of you.....

I don't know how much weight this voice caries being from 15%, but in the end, I remember one statement I learnt in my school for MotherIndia "Tera Vaibhav Amar Rahe Maa, Hum Din Chaar Rahe Na Rahein"... I feel if these reservations are passed, it will be an ugly spot tarnishing India's image in international arena.