smrti talks

This is in continuation with the earlier post.

I was thinking why cannot anyone file a case under the Atrocities Act against all those casteist blogs and discussions happening online….
Debating Reservations is a different from demeaning those who benefit from them.

Second thing I wanted to post here is a compelling paragraph from Prabhat Sinha in Claim On Nation:

“The premise behind reservation as a mechanism to of uplifting people is basically wrong one….It is not the disability of the dalits/oppressed but the disability of “Indian society” that necessitates  reservation.

The correct premise behind the Constitutional reservation – that it is a countervailing measure by the state against the socio-cultural disability of Indian society to treat people from the untouchable/oppressed castes as its own. It is a mechanism to ensure that the “deserving people” from these oppressed castes get their due share because otherwise the deep entrenched socio-cultural prejudice will never let them have it as can be seen in the sectors where this mechanism does not exist. It is a mechanism with which the rights of certain sections of society are PROTECTED, because left to itself society is incapable of doing it.”
Anyone out there?

[Sorry I didnt know that comments options was closed here. REctified now. - 23 May 2004]

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