Reservation based on Casteism or Religion?

Its truly said Delhi jaane ka raasta Uttar Pradesh se hoke jaata hai(to reach Delhi you take path through Uttar Pradesh).

Congress Party playing its Minorty Quota card to counter attack the move of Mayawati's division of state & retain the muslim votebank from SP & BSP.The Union cabinet carved out a sub-quota of 4.5 per cent for the minorities from the 27 per cent reservation for the Other Backward Classes, taking a decision that can alter poll equations in Uttar Pradesh.18% Muslims voters in UP can alter the equations in UP election.

Although sections of Muslims were already covered under the OBC category, a separate provision for the minorities is expected to give them a larger slice of the quota, which has so far been cornered by the Yadavs and Kurmis.

Muslims, who are faced with widespread illiteracy and lack of job skills, didn’t succeed in capturing even two per cent out of the 27 per cent reservation earmarked in government jobs and educational institutions.

The quota within quota is Congress party's dangerous political game, which can lead to a civil war among the different communities and castes.

Vote Bank politics has reached to its epitome  where Congress Party clearly adopting the adopting the policy of DIVIDE & RULE.Nation needs reservation in the system based on economic background & not based on caste or religion.Parliament needs to re-evaluate the constitution

Untouchability: Hindrance to Nation's Development

Untouchability is not unique to India; it was practised in parts of Europe until a few centuries ago, and Japan still has a large number of 'untouchables', called the burakumin. But it is in the Indian sub-continent that this system survives, closely bound with culture, religion, history and contemporary politics. Today over 170 million men, women and children in the India are considered untouchable, and improvement in their lot has been slow despite legal safeguards and government programs.

The Indian Caste System

There are four castes in Hindu society and each caste has assigned duties, responsibilities and privileges. The Brahmins are the learned, the Kshatriyas, Vaishyas are the warriors, the are the traders, and the Sudras perform menial tasks and physical labour. Brahmins are on the highest rung of the social hierarchy, and Sudras are on the lowest. For thousands of years the relations amongst the castes and their sub-castes have been governed by religious and moral laws - the most influential of them is a compilation called Manu Dharma Sastra or the Manu Smriti, believed to have been written around the beginning of the Common Era.

The 'Untouchables'

If this is the lot of the Sudras, what is the treatment reserved for the 'untouchables' who are outside the caste system, and placed even lower than the Sudras in society? In the 1500s, during the rule of the Marathas and the Peshwas in today's Maharashtra state, 'untouchables' were not allowed within the gates of the capital city Poona between 3.00 pm and 9.00 am. The reason was that during this time their bodies were likely to cast long shadows, with the attendant danger that the shadow of an 'untouchable' might fall on a Brahmin and pollute him. An 'untouchable' had to carry an earthen pot around his neck so his spittle may not pollute the earth. In Maharashtra an 'untouchable' wore a black thread either in his neck or on his wrist for ready identification, while in Gujarat a horn had to be worn for identification.

The 'untouchables' constitute 15% of the total population of the sub-continent and have been referred to as Depressed Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Local names for the 'untouchable communities' vary in different parts of India: Bhangi, Pakhi, Chandala etc. Mahatma Gandhi called them Harijans or children of God. Now they are called Dalits, which means broken people.

Both upper castes and the lower castes need liberation from the oppressive religious ideology which is at the heart of this terrible situation. The Dalits themselves need economic self-sufficiency without which they will be unable to survive. Any long-term solution to this deeply entrenched problem will require a social, cultural and moral transformation of society.

The basis of everyone's rights lies not in their religious identity or affiliation but in their humanity. Dalits need education and training in Human Rights. As victims of superstition, they need exposure to rational thinking. The succour and superstition of another religion will do little to change the lot of the Dalits. 

The problem of untouchability is more than an issue of law and order - it is a deep rooted, millennia-old malady that afflicts society. Unless the Dalits have belief in themselves and are empowered to assert their own humanity, unless they themselves discover their inherent human dignity, they will continue to be where they are - on the extreme margins of society.  

But empowerment of the Dalits will can only happen when their fractured movement unites on the basis of democratic principles.

India : Autocracy or Democracy?

The question what I need to ask myself or to everyone: "Are we living in democratic country or some Autocratic Country".It seems govt.not insensible towards common man's feelings.Weak Lokpal Bill,Pathetic definition of poverty line,FDI,curbing contents on Social media...HhhUuuuHhhhh.


With Govt.coming up with new regulations to curb contents on social media like Facebook,Twitter,Google & Yahoo shows its panicking.They have seen its powerful impact during Anna & Baba Ramdev's movement earlier.Because it worked in favor these civilians & it was helpful to bend government on its knees.
Kapil Sibal trying to curb contents on these sites.Every citizen has right to put forward their thoughts & he is trying ban their freedom of expression.
He is talking about religious sentiments getting hurt & that may create riots.But at the same time he is forgetting the users are literate & doesn't have time to get involve in riots but yes ofcourse they support certain cause or moment.Why cant he accept that his Boss Mrs.Sonia Gandhi is hurted by kind of comments or photos uploaded on this sites.He need to understand what the common man thinks of you & your govt,its the feeling what they share about.If your Act is gonna be like DEVIL,you still think you worshipped like GOD.


Many public figures have criticised this move:


Member of Parliament Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on popular micro-blogging site Twitter, "Can u imagine some bureaucrat in Dept of Telecom being tasked with approving content on internet, of deciding appropriate n inappropriate." 
Expressing his disapproval, stockbroker Rakesh Jhunjhunwala tweeted "Don't think Sibal even understands the Internet. This happens when you make a lawyer an IT Minister. Like hiring Mayawati for an item song." 
Author and socialite Shobhaa De tweeted "Sibal saab, such outrage 2 protect privacy of one 'Madam' in a country of 100 million internet users? We like our freedom and we shall have it!" 

FDI in Retail dangerous for India & benficial for US and Europe

Are we on the same track what we did in 17th Century by allowing East India Company to trade in India?.FDI in retail will “enslave India” – in the way that the East India Company did.

Indian government was acting under external pressure instead of working for the people of the country by allowing FDI in retail.The merits of FDI touted by the government were unsubstantiated & misleading the nation.Governments in the US, and Europe have been pressurising the Indian government to allow multinational companies based in their countries to be ‘specifically’ allowed  into in the banking, insurance and retail sectors under the veil of fiscal reforms.

The Congress-led central government may raise FDI in single-brand retail to 100 per cent from 51 per cent at present.It is also said to be planning to permit 51 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail, with conditions including the purchase of at least a third of goods from local companies.

The government has argued that the decision is an attempt to tame food inflation and boost the economy by stimulating demand and consumer spending.Inflation is a global phenomenon and big corporations like Walmart have not helped to tame food inflation anywhere.

The big players who are expected to enter the Indian market once the proposal is agreed upon, Walmart, Carrefour and Tesco, are largely dependent on groceries for their profits, and it has been shown everywhere in the world including in the US, that groceries are more expensive at supermarkets. 

Govt. claims that  farmers would benefit from the move.It doesn’t make sense for retailers to procure from farms which are less than 10 hectares in area, which constitute a more that 96 percent of the total agricultural land.

Exploitation by organisations like Walmart have been recorded across the globe.They don’t allow trade unions, they don’t allow employee unions, they have the worst environment records.Germany has kept Walmart out of its markets.

Govt. again gone wrong when it claimed that 40-50 lakh jobs would be created if Walmart, Metro, Carrefour and Tesco came to India,whereas 90% of their business is in foodgrains in which the present turnover here is $4 billion and there are 1.10 lakh jobs.The turnover should be $180 billion to create 40-50 lakh jobs.

If FDI in retail sector is allowed, small traders will lose their jobs, as their products or services will not be able to compete with foreign traders.

NO FDI in India......