4.5 Suggestions, Comments and Views

children spend their lives on the platform? How many of the children from the brahmin community are child labourers? They ask why reservation for OBC? What is then right or responsibility towards the nation's upliftment? They are bothered only of their comforts and powers! They are the true traitors of the nation for they are agitating against the government policy, which tries to bring social equality. If the OBC have protested against any social equality for brahmins what would have been the plight of them? Their very agitation is not only illegal but against all norms of humanity, feels the experts. Their show of protest and the media's loyalty in carrying the news go hand in hand! What ever we write to these news papers or dailies or weeklies are never reported only anti reservation factors are shown out of proportion!

4.5 Suggestions, Comments and Views

The issue that merit would be lost if OBC students are given reservation was proved to be false from the model given by the experts. For it was always in the off state. Thus there is no relation between the merit of the institution and reservation for the OBC in institutions of importance. It is an absolute absurdity to have thought of linking both. Further there was the on state of them only when the expert was only Brahmin students. If the arrogant opinion of the brahmins to have linked reservation with merit of the institute. Many OBC outshine the brahmins in most of the fields but because media does not exist, to boost the OBC enough recognition or even in many cases sheer recognition is not even given to them. The reservation given to minorities alone can save the nation from terrorism is the conclusion derived from our study. For in our nation except Hindu minorities i.e., Brahmins alone who are not the sons of the soil and all other minorities following other religions are all only sons of our soil so it would not be proper on the part of the govt. to say other minorities cannot have reservation. The main question before us is that how come the Hindu minorities who form such a small percentage of foreigners in India happen to be occupying nearly

70% of all the seats of higher learning in all the institutions run by the central govt of India. One is yet to find any proper answer except the fact that in India only this Hindu minorities are the policy makers of the higher education and they dominate all the teaching posts in institutions run by govt like, IITs, IIMs and AIIMS. So they have their own undetectable means to absorb their own caste people said the experts. Secondly all the powerful departments like law, media and advisors to govt are not only dominated by them but ruled by them so even any amendment passed by both the houses in full flown majority are stayed by the Brahmin courts. Unless we have non Brahmin courts we would never get justice and the nation would never be free from terrorism (Gujjars recent protest). The only question put by our honourable C.M. Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi is that the fate of 100 crores persons are decided just by two, that too they are not even the direct representatives of the people. He has very boldly said that if this is done the nation will be at a risk, for in India alone we have several divisions of caste and those caste at least at one time or other must be given their due for the caste name they carry are imposed by the Brahmins (laws of manu) for which they are responsible and now denying them the right for higher education that too in the institutions of higher learning by the very government is atrocious and would result only in a turmoil in the nation; he has warned. Thus the speech of T.N.C.M. “Karunanidhi” said the world must be made to realise that a situation where the horoscope and future of 100 crores people can be determined by two or three persons is a big threat to democracy. We are not seeking to march ahead but merely asking for space to keep going on our path “even that space is being denied to us” he remarked. Whenever the Sudra community raised its head to establish its rights there were browbeaten into submission attacks coming out of the blue. The reservation policy had always faced opposition and hurdles right from the days of the justice party; the chief minister said. The courts attitude has agonised the people for even the single drop of blood that oozed when the body is pierced

reflects the pride of communal representation and reservation which are from Periyar’s policies, Karunanidhi said. Karunanidhi recalled that the seeds of reservations were first sown in Tamil Nadu and protected by Periyar, C.N. Annadurai and K.Kamararj. We are seeking reservations to ensure that our future generations crossed hurdles to progress in education and the country was strengthened. With the Tamil Nadu assembly reverberating with a battle cry against the Supreme Court for its refusal to vacate the stay on 27 percent reservations for OBC in higher educational institutions, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today urged the centre to take immediate steps to prevent a nation wide volcanic protest. “A time will come when the marginalised, oppressed and those pushed into the fourth and fifth castes” in the country will erupt like volcano. Without giving room for that the central government should immediately take steps to find a way out. There is no need to pass a resolution in this house pressing for this demand. The fiery speeches delivered here is enough, the Chief Minister said in the Assembly. Thus the C.M of Tamil Nadu has very clearly shown the Tamil identity in reservation. Another matter of importance is that we see the denial of reservation which is nearly pending for over 57 years would only lead to some sort of blood shed. For the Brahmins cannot stand as an hindrance to govt policies trying to wipe out the social discrimination based on caste and caste alone. They project marks as merit. Can anyone in the world agree to the fact because one person scored cent percent in all the exams he is a meritorious person. Merit is different, mark is different, mark are obtained by memorising all the subjects. They would not be even able to answer any implied answers from their books or even answers for questions which are not scheduled to appear. Thus the Brahmin student like memorizing the meaningless terms of Vedas will memorize these subjects. How can one call this a merit? Merit is a very term like Maya for if we accept their argument what have they done in these 60 years of their domination. They have not made any significant contribution to science or technology or medicine or literature.

Why are they boasting on some non-existing things like merit which only is based on shear memory test. Let them stop this! Already the editor of the Dalit voice has clearly wrote in an article in which he has said, “merit is my foot”. In Tamil Nadu our C.M. Dr. Kalaignar Karunanidhi had abolished the common entrance test to admissions to professional courses. This was challenged in the Madras H.C. The Madras High Court on Friday upheld the validity of a Tamil Nadu law abolishing Common Entrance Test (CET). In a division bench comprising Justices P.K Mishra and Sampath Kumar said that the standards in professional colleges would not be lowered by abolition of CET. “It cannot be said that the Governments conclusion that forms the basis for normalisation process is so arbitrary as requiring interference by the court on the ground of being volatile of Article 14 of the constitution”, the bench observed while dismissing writ petitions from S.Aswin Kumar a student and four others challenging the Tamil Nadu Admission In Professional Educational Institutions Act Enacted by state legislative in December. “While upholding the validity of the impugned statue we clarify that for admission to architectural courses aptitude test as prescribed in the regulations (pertaining to architectural council laws) has not been dispensed with”, Justice Misra said. The judge pointed out that both Medical Council of India (MCI) and the All India Council for Technical Education had also argued that the petitions had to be dismissed in views of the TN act. “It should not be forgotten that the MCI regulations also authorise selection on the basis of qualifying marks”. Dismissing absolute equality as a myth, the judge said there was an inherent possibility of ticking some answers more by guess as in the KBC (Kaun Banega Crorepathi),TV programme rather than any conscious selection of the right answers. There would be no objection if a reasonable amount of equality could be achieved by any other method he added.

The mindset / psychology of the students has to be taken note of before taking further action in a matter, as the students are under the impression that there will be no CET this time and have planned to enjoy the vacation during May and June. Justice

JAK Sampath Kumar a member of the two judge bench that upheld the state enactment abolishing the CET. Adding his views to that of the other judge in the bench Justice P.K Misra Sampath Kumar said, “Desire of the crores of people (to abolish the CET) cannot be denied by quashing the act but their desire should be fulfilled”. Stating that the Act is a social welfare legislation to meet social justice, he said. The enactment is to prevent harassment and hardship to the socially, economically backward and weaker sections of students from both rural and urban areas getting admission into professional course. If that be so can it be stated to be bias, arbitrary and volatile of article 14 of the constitution. Certainly not, the claim of the petitioners is devoid of any merits”. Interestingly, Sampath Kumar also listed out five sections of people each of which would gain advantage and disadvantage respectively because of the hitherto existence of the CET explaining it by putting a tabular column the judge said; CET would only be advantageous to aristocrat schools, coaching centres and children of elite people and highly qualified parents as they can devote full time to studying with comfort. And it would be disadvantageous to children of unqualified and illiterate parents, students who cannot afford to go to coaching centres and those who cannot devote full time in studying, parents who cannot take of their children’s studies because of their work to eke out a living and students studying under greenwood tree with mosquito bites” he said. April, 2704-07, Indian Express.

When just a state entrance exam CET is itself so much dependent on the social and economic conditions of parents, one can imagine how it would be for preparing JEE! What is the cost of the coaching centres? What is the caste that can afford for them with command? What can a rural Sudra or SC/ST poor do? Will they get or have money to buy any one of the competitive books for JEE leave alone the dream of coaching centres. Can they afford to buy paper and pen to work some problems? When the govt after pondering over all these practical difficulties faced by them (sudras) to avoid further social discrimination announces a paltry percentage of seats to be

reserved for them these arrogant brahmins had the guts to take this issue to S.C and S.C which always remained loyal to these brahmins by following the dictums of the laws of Manu has stayed the reservation. It is not an exaggeration if one says the democracy is dead in India; for we see the term equality has no meaning for the 3% are enjoying more than the 90% of the seats of higher learning. Where is social justice? Where is social inequality? Only the Brahmins made in the name of caste the social discrimination and social equality, now to establish at least to some degree the social inequality the only tool the government can use is reservation for the socially deprived and none others for that alone can save the nation from turmoil. The suggestions the experts gave to the govt was if “Total reservation for backward classes to society should not exceed the limit of 50 percent as held by the Supreme Court and as contemplated by the frames of the constitution says the report … 1.In the first place when the constitution was written there was not even a single OBC representative; so as said by the

CM of Tamil Nadu a through review and restriction of the constitution must be made as majority of the nations populations are OBC and naturally they need to be properly represented for it impinges even as said by the constitution

“equality right of other sections (OBC) of society”. 2.The only way to solve all these problems is representation as per their strength as said by Periyar. 3.Unless these inequalities are properly settled at an appropriate time without much delay (as even now it is 60 years have passed) India is bound to face a revolution which cannot be easily put down, losses may be heavy or unimaginable taking into the simple fact they (sudra) form the majority of India’s population (Gujjar’s recent protest).

They would be clearly supported by SC / ST. It is high time the arrogant Brahmins understand the grave situation and act reasonable. This wave is seen in T.N and already functioning in Rajasthan, A.P and Assam. The naxals problem which the nation faces is nothing, for the can no more accept the wide gap between the upper castes who are

the haves and the lower castes (Sudra, SC/ST) who happen to be the have not for so many centuries.

Reservation should cover all areas like agriculture and non agriculture lands, capital, employment input and product markets including private housing and educational institutions Thorat said. The scheduled castes and tribes suffer without access to the factors of production, both in agriculture and industry. The government should develop a policy of having reservation and preference in supply of certain inputs of production by government private parties he said. Thorat suggested setting up of a common land pool where lands could be acquired by the government and distributed to landless among the backward classes so that conflicts could be avoided. Talking about reservation for OBC in various areas he said even if concept of equality by birth was legalised, it could not be implemented. Reservation, he contended was the ultimate solution for the OBC to invigorate their abilities. “The upper caste people should sacrifice their rights for those belonging to the lower castes through reservation. This is because their forefathers had enjoyed all the benefits and deprived the lower caste people of their rights. This is only solution for the country to improve”, he said. The experts very warmly welcomed the views of the University Grants Chairman Thorat. They all said if the suggestion of the UGC chief was followed; certainly India would become a developed nation in two decades. Further the land and money owned by the Hindu religious mutts should be taken by the government and distributed to the OBC/SC/ST. The Nation is full of burglary, murders, etc mainly on the basis to have basic needs for the divide between the haves and havenots in these 56 years has only increased very steeply. The upper castes have everything and the lower castes have nothing; how long can the same situation pull along asked the experts! They said as per Thorats’ order the social discrimination which was practised over many thousands of years should be at one point or other settled. They boast of modernity, they take up to western culture live in pomp and luxury and hate to think of

OBC/SC/ST, we agree but what right they have to protest when govt takes any positive steps. The experts said at this point they are crossing their limit, which is first a danger to them. Now the govt is also surprised at the hysteric acts of the upper castes said the experts. The situation and the problem at hand is very clear said to experts. The day of settlement for equality is not a one distant said the experts. We are respecting our politicians who are our representatives said the experts that is why we have not so far taken the law in our hands waiting calmly for the final verdict and the act of the govt. Then we would act accordingly said the experts. Further experts said our patients should not be mistaken for ignorance. We are capable than the upper caste who have denied us for so many thousands of years our just share in education, land, economy, industry and above all the basic equality. They all said we are awaiting our representative action only! It has been observed with deep despair by several of the experts that when the SC put a stay the truth about it is that we are not able to find out from the judgement given by the two bench judges of the supreme court on 29th March 2007. What ever be it, the immediate reaction on the part of the upper caste authorities working in these govt institutions of higher learning was that they immediately want to release the selection list or to be more specific they were vexed to wait for their view was if there was further delay in the judgement they (authorities of these institutions) said it would speak on the students and in the completion of the syllabus for their students. The only question what the experts want to put in this book is that the OBC has been delayed nearly 60 years their right to education in these institutions but for the upper castes a few days or months of waiting is so much a problem! Now at least the reader and one and all will understand the selfish arrogant behaviour of upper castes. Are they ever going to think in terms of national development (that is development of the majority) or think and act as if only their development is the national development. Why no one is ever bothered about the majority of the students but only the few students who have joined or going to join for their courses in these institutions of higher learning? Their only argument is you all (OBC reservations so OBC students) have

waited for over 57 years why not wait for one more year so that they can think about it in the coming academic year 2008. So when it is the upper caste student problem they are sensitive but when it concerns the problem of the majority of the poor sons of the soil the OBC they have the heart to say they can wait. In fact both the houses passed the amendment in Dec 2005 itself. Why is no one questioning about over a year delay? What happened to its implementation in the academic year 2006? A few months delay is so much projected by the print media in the first page with bold letters. Did these print media ever write any article or criticise the govt for being slow. Only one thing the experts ask as mentioned by the leaders suppose the OBC launch a nation wide protest paralysing the very functioning of these institutions (as these medicos did it over 40 days and successfully got salary with no work with the support of the judiciary for that is the power of the upper caste which rules and dominates the media and judiciary), what will then they do for the delay in imparting education to these students in these institutions. So first the experts requests them to think as responsible citizens and authorities of these institutions before they speak! The politicians also cannot cheat the majority by playing caste politics or vote politics. It is high time they too become serious of the issue. Already the nation is facing several problems if the OBC join to protest; the nations peace would be lost and the functioning will be a big question mark warned the experts! Because people trust their political leaders it is possible for them to run the nation in peace, once even in some corner faith is lost the nation would only face a turmoil which may not be easy for them to tackle they added. Several of the experts viewed the government (centre) was trying to act too smart by blaming the court. In truth they were not taking reservations for OBC very seriously. Might be they are trying to play vote politics! The experts said the politicians are forgetting the biggest fact that people (public) also have very many educated who can feel and know their true mind! This time if OBC are fooled they can be sure of loosing their govt and the politicians cannot act dual characters. Still it is important to mention here that in U.P starvation deaths has taken place. In the last 2 years 174 have died due to starvation.

Majority of them are SC and Muslims. It was reported in Puthiya Jananayagam on May 2007. The following questions are put forth by experts.

1.How many Brahmins die of starvation in India? 2.How many upper castes die of starvation in India? 3.Why no print or electronic media dominated by the

Brahmins never publish this news? 4.When the Brahmin medicos were striking against reservation for OBC our honourable PM, and President consoled them; several other VIP showed their solidarity.

But when the starvation death in UP has taken place why none of the VIP’s like to visit them or console them or announce immediate aid and save them from further death?

What does this show? The only answer is that they are after all agriculture labourers from dalits and Muslims? Why should the VIPs be bothered about them? They are not shining Brahmins, which the medias like to project. They are not anything to the nation! They were given identity cards which guaranteed them that they would be given some job but they were not given any job by the govt. This village

Belva in U.P is in Varnasi dist. They die of starvation because they do not have any job to do. Due to unemployment and no agriculture labour the people die.

When there is no deficit in the yield and we have sufficient food grain why such death ask the arrogant people in power.

These poor people were categorised as living above the poverty line so they were not even given the ration. These poor people have pledged every thing. One Lakshmana from the Belva village said he had nothing to pledge except the marriage sari. So to save his daughter Sema he was going to pledge the sari but Sema died before it he said. She was just nine years old. In the months from May to September alone 5 children have died of starvation in the Belva village. These people are fighting against starvation. They have no means to earn. When people spend lakhs of money on trivialities, so many die of starvation. The only reason that can be attributed to this is caste based starvation. Even in the starvation death caste alone plays the

role! Is this human? The divide between the poor and the rich has become so large that people die of starvation on one side and on the other side people visit temples and put in lakhs in hundies for God! Session court judge Ajit Mishra resigned. Alister Pereira killed 7 persons on the spot by driving his car over them who were sleeping in the pavement. The judge Ajit Mishra had not taken any action and the accused. Alister Pereira was left free by Ajit’s judgement. When this case went to appeal in the Bombay High Court. Ajit resigned. This is the way the upper caste judge Brahmin Ajit has given the judgement. He has given only 6 months imprisonment. Now the beauty is that the person Alister Pereira (21) who killed seven of the sleeping labourers on the pavement in the early morning hours is the son of a rich upper caste businessman of Bombay. Further he was in the drunken state, and the car that he was riding had no registration number. The seven persons who died were migrant labourers from Andhra Pradesh. From this the reader can easily understand that; judiciary in India, is for the rich and upper caste. For poor and from lower castes judiciary will be against them. This is also evident from the judgement of 29-03-07 on the stay for OBC reservation. No one is bothered about the millions of lower castes, two upper caste judges give a stay on reservation. What nice democracy is practised in India based on caste? Caste is everything and caste is based on birth. What will the poor sons of the soil do for the political leaders also are with them as they have economy! Now having seen two shocking news, we wish to state that Brahmin media has remained silent in these issues for it does not concern them. It has become very much pertinent to mention here that the media which so well on all the forty days projected the anti reservation protests had naturally failed to record the poor and lower caste people problems. What is the ethics followed by these upper caste media can now be well comprehended by the reader. Finally only one thing is clear if in the just undergraduate courses like B.Tech. and MBBS etc., merit means marks! Can any one with little brain and rationalism ever accept merit means mark? What does the school final mark or even for that

matter the marks in any competitive test imply? Does it imply merit?

It only implies that student has been coached with private tuitions coaching centres and books and becomes well trained like a donkey to do the work of answering the questions and scoring marks.

It means nothing. Given time comfort and above all undivided attention of the parents that too their parents are well placed in society so can command any thing to get marks for their children. They coach him and they do to get the first or the stipulated mark. But on the other hand the children from the OBC/SC/ST have no time even to attend the regularly the school; how can they ever dream of going to coaching centres or private tuitions.

When they cannot afford to get their textbooks or even second hand or third hand torn text books for clearing their school final.

They are from mostly rural areas and as the rich and upper caste they cannot command time for they have usually work assigned by their parents after school hours. If they are in the revision holidays these children for most of these days will spend their time on other work without touching their books. This is not all the suffering faced by millions of OBC/SC/ST students in the night after labour their father in most cases a drunkard will be in the drunken state and quarrel with his mother.

Even this he has to witness; so even the paltry hours of sleep, which they get, will be denied on majority of the days.

Thus these children with their sheer intelligence and merit score good marks. These upper caste children would be given good food nice coffee or tea and snacks to help them to read with energy and remain awake. Now who is meritorious the OBC/SC/ST children or the upper caste children? Who should be encouraged? Will not these children need a paltry percentage of 27% reservation in higher education in these institutions that too run by their own govt.

How long will this social discrimination pull on in the name of merit? How long is the Brahmin media going to publish anti reservation articles? How long is the judiciary going to give

verdict against reservations? How long are the ruling parties going to put up this drama?

Will this nation have peace? Will not the nation break out of the usual gear, then what will the Brahmins do? Why should the majority suffer in their own land without good higher education when their govt is spending in crores every year to run these institutions?

What is the use of these institutions for OBC/SC/ST? It is high time they think seriously about this for any out break of revolution will only have evil impact on the nations peace! Let the govt boldly say if reservations cannot be implemented in these institutions it will be closed down! Then what will the supreme court media and the upper caste do? The only reason they (govt) can give is that these institutions do not in any way benefit the poor sons of the soil. What is the answer they will give? As we authors do not have right to hide any views or edit their views we have no option except to put them with the maximum toned up language. So it has become our ardent duty to write their views, for any form of our editing would not only offend them they would fight with us and say we too are much biased.

So we authors have tried our level best not to edit, only in several places we have polished the language and in many places we have tried our level best to express views in a sophisticated language.

In fact at times the argument resulted in violence authors have always maintained a calm composed, balanced, democratic, approachable equanimity of temper in all the discussions. We also at the end of the discussion would list out the points given by them and got their approval. The authors are forced to mention all this because the experts are from all walks of life poor, rich, educated uneducated any one who wished to discuss with us. Even when we discussed with the upper castes and Brahmins several time we feared that some form of problem would come up so we tried to have discussions separately in many occasions. We also wish to state that several of the rural uneducated openly asked, can ever our children enter the premises of the schools run by

Brahmins and upper castes? We enter only as labourers, masons, scavengers or as coolies. This statement has moved us a lot.