Is Reservation a
Solution?
22/05/06 18:11 Filed by Saswat Pattanayak in:
Reference
| Political
Fellow readers and activists Satya and Rajesh have
sent me via an email a response they had, to the
issue of reservation, at the UMass., Amherst mailing
list "Indian Manifesto".
I
simply love everything they have to say here. And
especially the way they end the note with:
"One CANNOT reverse the arrow of time. In the last
two decades, the lower castes are on the move and
have been more influential than ever before, in
determining national politics, distribution of
power and resources, redefining culture, and the
very texture of everyday life. That's the greatest
thing that has happened to India in the recent
past. In fact, it is a more significant event in
the history of Indian than even the independence
struggle."
Absolutely
a must-read!
Tags: Saswat, Racism, Casteism, India