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Quota Benefits Should Go To New Social Proletariat?

THE MORAL OF reservations has been built on two grounds, which are often mutually contradictory, and yet, mutually complimentary.

In the first quarter of the 19th century the non-Brahman castes, led by the powerful upper other backward classes (OBCs), demanded, and got as well, reservation for non-Brahman castes, which included Dalits as well. The non-Brahman lobby had argued for dismantling the dominance (read monopoly) of Brahmans in government services. The argument about justice was not deployed till then. It later evolved into the anti-Brahman rhetoric. While the anti-Brahman sloganeering brought positive results, as it ended Brahmans’ monopoly in government jobs, the movement had an underpinning of negativism, as it harped on anti-Brahman, and not on anti-Brahmanism.

Dr Ambedkar had a radically different theory. To him the untouchables, or today’s Dalits, were a socially stigmatised community, with no rights whatsoever, and hence, the modern republic must draw this WHIRLPOOL ARC 4330 WH social class into the mainstream. Tribals on the other hand, are even demographically segregated, and hence they too must be brought into the mainstream India.

Dr Ambedkar, thus, argued from the moral of justice, seeking an India which would be socially inclusive, an India socially desegregated. The reservation in jobs and educational institutions was taken as one of the fundamental public policy tools. He, however, was concerned about the situation of non-Dwija castes, today known as the OBCs. He made a provision of reservations for them in the constitution and left the task sony ericson of identifying the OBC castes to the future leadership of India.

To that end, the Kaka Kalekar Commission was set up in 1953, which identified 3,500 castes, but it failed to offer any pragmatic solution. The Janata government was formed in 1977, and in 1978 it set up a Backward Classes Commission, which was heade
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When you become a ‘Leader’ your word is your bond - you must know that when you speak, you will fulfill your promise to others and others will know they can depend on you. Think before you speak. Make a habit of under-promising and overdelivering. Always keep your promises. Think about the kind of person you would want to deal with and be that person yourself.

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