Analysis by the Experts

that Government schools have insufficient black boards and toilets and teachers don’t turn up to teach.

4.4 Origin of Reservation in India and Analysis by the Experts

Before we talk about reservations based on caste in the field of education we must know the origin of reservations. Was reservation an Aryan ideology or an Indian (non Aryan / non brahmin) ideology. In the pre Aryan period Indians did not know anything about reservations in anything, any one who wished to develop in any field had the full freedom to opt for the same and work for it. But only after the entrance of the Aryans who entered India bought the notion of reservation in India through the very Khyber pass. The concept of reservation is found in Laws of Manu. Infact the origin of reservation can be traced to the period of Laws of Manu; only in laws of Manu they not only reserved education and religion for them (for Aryans) but also very severely punished those who tried to learn or practice religion [43]. So they made such reservations based on caste by birth. The term “Caste by Birth” itself is a myth. For caste was assigned according to the birth of people from the god “Brahman”. People born of Brahman’s mouth were called brahmins i.e., the Aryans the twice born. People born of the arm of Brahman were Kshytriyas; people born of the thigh of the Brahman were the Vaishyas and Sudras were born of the leg of Brahman. People born below the naval of Brahman are termed to be impure and are untouchables according to the Laws of Manu. So by the laws of Manu majority of the population became impure. Say over 87% of Indians are impure and only the 3% Aryans who were alien to this very land became twice born. They had reserved teaching, studying, that is education and religion for them. Their reservation policy severely dealt with those (non Brahmins) who learnt or practiced religion or learning. The work of the ruling of the nation was reserved for the Kshytriyas. The Vaishyas were supposed to do trade. The menial job serving the Brahmins with humility and sincerity was assigned

to the sudras. Now they (nomads) were father of the reservations in India. When we ask for reservation in education no wonder they become hysteric and make so much protest using the media and court which is in their monopoly. All the menial jobs were reserved to the fourth caste. They declared caste by birth and we say reservation based on caste. The term “Varnashra dharma” was used instead of reservation. So they (twice born) till today have not done any menial job of scavenging or shoe polishing or burying the dead or removing the dead animals. They have also protected and followed the laws of manu very truly in reservation. So when we ask for reservations for the non Brahmins; it naturally becomes illegal and undemocratic and they agitate and burn a non Brahmin gutka seller; lying, he is a Brahmin medico later on whose identity was revealed only by the police investigation. This is their honesty. All this drama of medico, self immolization was staged and medias projected lavishly but lastly to find that the person was not a medico; but only a purchased gutka seller who was paid heavily for this acting. Now when they promulgated reservation, we sons of the soil very meekly accepted it from the time of Manu. However the caste of SC/ST was not mentioned, to have born from Brahma. Now even after 5000 years that too after 6 decades of independence when we say remove the "Varnashra dharma" reservations and permit 97% to become educated in standard institutions that too run by the central govt. which is monopolized by them (brahmins) for these many years they are saying no and protesting for it and shamelessly our political leaders and people in power meet them for compromise! What is the need for it of what is there to compromise with them? Is not the nations development the development of the majority? More than the Muslims and the westerners the 3% Aryans who had come not as invaders and colonizers but as beggars has swindled India’s heritage and wealth. Now the major economy is in their hands. They by force are the power holders and policy makers of India. Next we see how they begged the British for reservation of posts in Electrical Engineering Departments. Here also they only brought into the soil of India the notion of reservations.

Thus the reservations for Brahmins started in (Vedic times) times of Laws of Manu continued even in the British rule. Only because of these reservations these Brahmins are nearly 90% in all highly paid posts both in education and administration. Only now the non Brahmins have thought about reservations and that too only for the past few decades it has found a place in constitution and that too the rule or order is only on paper and has never been in practice till date. Though the reservations for SC/ST are said to be in practice they have not implemented it in practice. Thus the main fear in the Brahmin mind is that if reservation is given to OBC like the Brahmins in the British time, they too would become powerful for they alone are fully aware of the reservations for they have developed only because of reservations from the time of the laws of Manu. That is why they carry protest so strongly. Here also we see how prejudiced and discriminative they are, in their attitude that is even after 5000 years of exploiting and enjoying all comforts from the Indian soil. Some of the socio scientist feel that when they entered India they in order to equip with the Indian civilization that existed in those days made very strong rules as the laws of Manu to cope up with our civilization, that is why they choose to be our teachers; and unfortunately made all others poor and have usurped the soil. This they could do tirelessly in a period of 5000 years. They were very cunning to assign to themselves the ministerial post. They feared the strong community for they were not only physically strong but they must have been capable administrators and should have been the master of all arts, science and technology with sound economic background so only they were thrown down as sudras and dalits, hence laid down very strong rules to put them down, which was very cunningly done and executed by these brahmins by writing laws of Manu. That is how the third and the forth caste must have been born says the experts who are a socio scientist. According to them the more the rebel the people were they were more discriminated by lower caste. Next we wish to state the other expert opinion on this matter. Some of them strongly urged that the concept of caste based on birth be banished and law be made so that no

identification of caste will be made in name and no sign of caste like holy thread tuft and marks on the head be put then we will not ask for reservation; they claimed. We will have no caste, no religion and all are equal then why do we need any reservation said the experts. The experts were of very strong view that they (the Brahmins) had no voice to say any thing against or about reservations. For some of them recalled that the Brahmin Associations of Tamil Nadu held a conference on 24th -25th Dec 2005 and in that they made a very clear resolution to request the govt. to give them, 15% of reservations in all posts and education. So when they are only a little less than 3% of the population they have the guts to ask for 15% reservations and when we are over 50% of the population, when only 27% of reservation was made as a constitution they are against it and they make all protests and our political leaders are so sympathetic they go out of the way and console and cajole them to come back to work. What a drama! When our farmers committed mass suicide none of these political leaders even had a heart to visit them, says these experts. Some of the experts came very angrily down on the suggestions made by certain people in the leading dailies that the standard of the school must be improved or some other rubbish to that effect. To this they, all reacted saying with their social background and the poor facilities, studying in such poor schools they (OBC and SC /ST students) not only clear the exams and get over 75% some of them over 85% and even some in 90% for they are writing the same papers the Brahmins write and still they are denied entry into institutions like IITs, AIIMS and IIMs. If reservations are given certainly they will outshine Brahmins who boost of their merit and quality they said. For these Brahmins and upper caste by getting education in the best of city schools obtain only such marks with so much facility and encouragement. By shear hard work and no other merits they pass JEE or any entrance exam. What is the greatness or any merit or achievement in them, asks these experts. So they feels that not only 27% but 50% reservations must be given to OBC and 27% is enough for the open quota they feel.

Any one with little intelligence will certainly accept who is meritorious? A rural boy with no good/nutritious food working off hours of school for family, walking to school and studying in a ill furnished school say scores 40%, it is more than a city bread boy with full of encouragement with good and nutritious food, caring parents, goes in a car to school who studies in the best of schools with access to all types of tuitions gets over 90%, he is by all means inferior to this rural boy. Thus reservation is the only means to save them and help them of good education, especially when these institutions are solely run with the govt. aid; which is the tax of the majority. Some other experts argued that reservations must be made upto 50% taking into account the following facts. All these days the IITs, IIMs and other central institutions of national importance did not even heed to take any steps or even talk about improving the standards of all schools in the rural areas or the ones run by the govt. Have they ever thought over these factors? They had no mind even to adopt under NSS scheme to help these schools. Now to avoid the real issue they are so much bothered to improve the standards of these schools. These suggestions do not come out of concern or social awareness, they come out only to sabotage the reservations for OBC. If so concerned it would have been extended not when govt. is making some rules to help/uplift them. What is the meaning of their going on anti quota protests and strike? Their concern to improve school education amounts to "pinching the baby and rocking the cradle "claims many of the experts. What have they done all these 60 years about the improvement of the schools infrastructure or its standard? It may be recalled with disgust that the then chief C.M. Rajaji (a Brahmin) of T.N. when saw the increase in the literacy rate after closing down of the liquor shops, immediately closed down several schools. It was the intelligent- Periyar who not only observed it but has recorded it. Some of the experts expressed the following facts: They asked how many of the brahmin children are rag pickers? Can there be one among a lakh or one among 10 lakhs? How about OBC? Statistics shows over 60% of them (rag pickers) are from OBC. Also they added how many brahmin