The Stigma...

I'm Brahmin...Its not because i'm Brahmin that i'm writing this...

I have my share of sympathy towards the minority,but i often sit and wonder,do they need my sympathy...?Yes,they are ostracized in society,they are looked down upon,but it seems to me that the reason itself is this "QUOTA",which is supposed to uplift them...It is a vicious cycle for the minority,the tag of the quota segregates them,and it is the quota which ineffectually tries to elevate them...

Why not abolish all forms of quota?Isn't it unfair to the minorities that they have to take the aid of a reservation to get where they want to?As the facts state,14% of the IITians are from the Other Backward Classes,who've gained their entry solely by merit...So what is the need for a further reservation of 9% for the OBC?If at all there is a necessity,why not ensure the use of such reservations only once?Maybe to garner a seat in a graduate course...But as the present situation seems,the SC's&ST's are utilising the quota to attain a seat in high schools,colleges,for jobs,and even for promotions within a job...! Whereas the other minority communities like the green card holders get to use their quota just once...Also,it is a sorry state of affairs that the majority of the quota users are already well established and are in a position to afford a good education by their own merit...If such discrepancies have continued for decades,it is high time to nullify all the reservations for once and for all...

It would be of much greater interest to society and the economy if the eyes of our politicians were averted to the economically backward classes,not the the minorities living in the urban areas,benefitting from this very quota,generation after generation...There are thousands of tribals in the interiors of India,for whom the quota is insignificant...Shouldn't the government be doing something about it?

As i said,it is not because I'm a Brahmin that i'm writing this...Its because i fear,that if the current state of affairs prevail,in a few decades,it'll be we the Brahmins who will be deemed as minorities,and stamped with the stigma of bearing a quota which i so deeply abhor...