Thank you for your comments on my blog (nanopolitan).
Likewise.
Perhaps I can find out why you are against reservation. Are you against the idea of reservation? Its goals? If so, why do you say affirmative action is okay?
As a starter, read my blog and the links provided. Perhaps it will help. We never said that Affirmative Action is okay. To use a cliche, a rose by any other name ...., except in this case it stinks.
Are you against reservation because of
-- the large percentage of seats/jobs that are reserved?
-- the way it's implemented is corrupt?
-- creamy layer exclusion is only cursory?
We are against reservation because it is immoral. As a side point, it does not work. There are 225 million Dalits in our country. On a yearly basis, reservation perhaps helps 50,000 Dalits in gaining academic seats. As explained in a previous post. many of these are counted twice, i.e. a Dalit from IIT will go to IIM as well. So presumably the number is far fewer. In essence these Dalits will corner the benefits for generations. Hence, a very ballpark figure, just about 0.02 percent Dalits have benefitted from reservations.
Somewhere you said 'reservation is immoral'. At the other end of the spectrum, I don't see anything moral in perpetuating a system that denies opportunities -- and a stake in the system -- to a lot of our disadvantaged people.
I say it in every post. Just look at my banner. The fact of the matter is nobody is perpetuating any "system" here. In case you are not aware, we have 22.5% reservation for Dalits since ever (actually the figure is far north of it and more sinister if you take into account abominations like automatic promotions etc.) Now that has really helped, hasn't it?
We are looking for ways to achieve a more equitable system, .....
Well, look no further. Here is one for you, tried and tested by empirical data as well as theoretically well supported.
.... and reservation is just one such tool for achieving the goal of social justice.
The justice being a Dalit IAS officers' kids swing by college campuses in their parent's government issue Jeep. The poor Dalit in some podunk does not even know there is such a thing as "reservation". Perhaps he boils in righteous anger because the local padre (*) tells him that he is being taken for a ride by Brahmins.
The very fact that one argues about these issues implies that this is a political issue, which can be resolved only through political means -- which implies a compromise of sorts.
Show me an issue which involves an assumption of a fixed pie that does not turn political. As a matter of fact the assumption of a fixed pie is a gargantuan (**) lie the communists dupe millions of people with.
There are no black-and-white positions that one can cling to once politics enters this picture. One can only hope for an optimal grey that most of us can live with.
I shudder to think of the optimal grey you will come up with. No thanks, I will live with my moral clarity.
In spite of these fairly obvious 'facts of life' if you still wish to stick to absolutist claims, interlaced with casteist remarks that imply all Dalits/OBCs are dumbos (undeserving, totally lacking in 'merit', etc), .....
As a matter of fact, you are the one who thinks all Dalit/OBCs are dumbos. Why else would you recommend reservation?
... there is little any of us can do to convince you otherwise.
Communists and capitalists have a poor record of co-habiting and that's an understatement. Like it or not, we are at war.
By the way, someone is "puking" at your blog, read here and here and here and here.
(*) No disrespect meant for any religion, as a matter of fact some of those really do commendable work (unfortunately charity makes good copy but only goes so far).
(**) I've always liked that word..."gargantuan"... so rarely have an opportunity to use it in a sentence.
Epilogue: Remember, just like the proverbial when you do that God kills a kitten, everytime you support communists, God kills a thousand Dalits. Teach this as a mantra to your students, you can really make a big difference. Delete all contents from your pretentious website and start a campaign to let WalMart in. You will see what a big difference that will make. In fact, this will be even sweeter for you given that they will likely upset some upper-caste folks big time, like this dude (7th passage).
Note: This post also got puked on, see here.
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