At the outset, let me be clear on one thing. I am not against or referring to the reservation of seats for women in the parliament and I have nothing against women. What I am up is against making constitutional changes, be it in the name of women, dalits or minority communities, focusing on the vote bank politics with an evil eye on the impending elections, which has become the mainstay in the agenda of every party whether it is in the seat of power or in the opposition.
Reservation policy has dominated the political scene of this country since independence and successive governments have effected constitutional changes in this regard, keeping in mind, not the benefit of the masses but their personal gain. If sixty years of reservation has failed to bring the “so called backward communities” to the forefront, another hundred years of reservation will not do any good either.
Yes, we need reservation, but for whom? We need to identify that section of the masses whose I.Q. levels are adequate enough and trainable to be converted into great achievers by education and training, but who, unfortunately, are born into poor families and cannot afford the luxury of education. Just by providing good education you cannot convert a section of the society into achievers en masse.
By pursuing an illogical reservation policy, you cannot produce greats like Dr.Abdul Kalam, Dr. Manmohan Singh, Sachin Tendulkar, Amitah Bachhan or Dirubhai Ambani. You cannot make out of Abdul Kalam or Manmohan Singh, a Sachin Tendulkar or vice versa, or Amitah Bachhan a Dirubhai Ambani or vice versa. They are all born greats and right kind of education helped them to mould and strengthen their inner character which was genetically present. The point I stress here is that education and training can help mould a person within his inherent character, but cannot create a character by itself.
It was on this basis that ancient Indians classified the population into four categories, i.e., Brahmin (the Intellectual), Khatriya (the Warrior), Vaisya (the Businessman) and Sudra (the Support). The character in an individual can be broadly classified on these lines, he be a Hindu, Muslim, Christian or Sikh. If everyone in the society gets an occupation based on the character present in him, the functioning of the society will be smooth. The last section was classified as Sudra or supportive class because he doesn’t fall under the first three categories, but whose contribution is essential for their success. Can a factory function with only general manager without workers? Look at your hand. The fingers cannot perform individually, but collectively, they become a force to be reckoned with.
But our learned politicians have successfully misinterpreted a great concept to suit their personal agenda. What we need to see is not whether we have a dalit president or woman prime minister, but a capable president or prime minister, whether it is a dalit, a woman or a man, regardless of the faith, caste, color or gender. That is the only way we can ensure a secured future for the generations to come.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
THANK YOU PAKISTHAN FOR NOT HANDING OVER HAFIZ SAEED
Intentionally or not, Pakistan continues to do a lot of good things for India, the latest being the refusal to hand over the JUD chief Hafiz Mohamed Saeed and others, in all about 30 in number. In the recently concluded talks at the Foreign Secretary level between the two countries in New Delhi, Mr. Bashir, while dismissing the dossiers submitted by India as mere lectures, flatly refused India’s request to hand over the fugitives wanted in the 26/11 terror strike.
I look at it as a great diplomatic gain for India. Do you have any idea of what would have happened if all the 30 wanted men were deported to India? First, we will need more high security prisons for their accommodation. Needless to say, along with, we will also need highly trained crack commando units with sophisticated weapons to guard them. Thus we will divert our terror fighting resources for the protection of hardcore terrorists making it easy for other terror outfits to strike at our vital installations.
This is not the end of the story. Then all these ‘wanted’ men will be produced in the court of law. Next, it will be the turn of our ‘very efficient’ legal and judicial system to battle it out between themselves looking at all the evidences produced to see if they were really involved. The very courts that will try them will offer them legal assistance for their self defense if they cannot find their own lawyers (who may, in the process, be shot by a patriotic citizen). The case will drag on. In the end, after an unpredictable period of time, even if they are found guilty and convicted for the gallows, they will access the benevolent constitutional provision of ‘Presidential Clemency’ and can hang on without being hanged indefinitely with the help of the ‘Great Indian Presidents’.
We are still collecting evidence against Kasab to establish if he is guilty in spite of his mowing down innocent civilians in front of everyone. Do you have any idea about the crores of rupees we are spending to maintain Afzal Guru, Kasab and the likes? Add another 30 to the list and the Union budget deficit will shoot up. What has happened to Abu Salem? If the Union Government is worth it salt, it will ensure that the President rejects the mercy petition on all terror related cases with immediate effect and uphold the court verdicts.
No doubt, we all need to thank Pakistan for at least saving tax-payer’s money. May I request the readers to start a campaign to persuade the President of India to reject pending mercy petitions submitted by convicted terrorists by forwarding this write up to all? At least, we can make an attempt to honor those who sacrificed their life for the nation.
I look at it as a great diplomatic gain for India. Do you have any idea of what would have happened if all the 30 wanted men were deported to India? First, we will need more high security prisons for their accommodation. Needless to say, along with, we will also need highly trained crack commando units with sophisticated weapons to guard them. Thus we will divert our terror fighting resources for the protection of hardcore terrorists making it easy for other terror outfits to strike at our vital installations.
This is not the end of the story. Then all these ‘wanted’ men will be produced in the court of law. Next, it will be the turn of our ‘very efficient’ legal and judicial system to battle it out between themselves looking at all the evidences produced to see if they were really involved. The very courts that will try them will offer them legal assistance for their self defense if they cannot find their own lawyers (who may, in the process, be shot by a patriotic citizen). The case will drag on. In the end, after an unpredictable period of time, even if they are found guilty and convicted for the gallows, they will access the benevolent constitutional provision of ‘Presidential Clemency’ and can hang on without being hanged indefinitely with the help of the ‘Great Indian Presidents’.
We are still collecting evidence against Kasab to establish if he is guilty in spite of his mowing down innocent civilians in front of everyone. Do you have any idea about the crores of rupees we are spending to maintain Afzal Guru, Kasab and the likes? Add another 30 to the list and the Union budget deficit will shoot up. What has happened to Abu Salem? If the Union Government is worth it salt, it will ensure that the President rejects the mercy petition on all terror related cases with immediate effect and uphold the court verdicts.
No doubt, we all need to thank Pakistan for at least saving tax-payer’s money. May I request the readers to start a campaign to persuade the President of India to reject pending mercy petitions submitted by convicted terrorists by forwarding this write up to all? At least, we can make an attempt to honor those who sacrificed their life for the nation.
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