Yesterday, when it was raining in Bangalore, I called my Dad to tell him how good the weather is here. He was doing his duty as police officer, standing between thousands of people, gathered to see and hear the speech by Chief Minister of Chhattishgarh. He was there to give a speech on Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedakar, the mastermind behind the constitution of India and a great personality our country ever had. It was his birthday.
To all who doesn't have ever read about Indian History this must be sounding strange and unrelated to the title. But it's not true. Caste System and Dr.Bhim Rao Ambedkar are related to each other more than you can think. It was him who introduced caste system in our consitution. When he introduced this concept for the first time, it was supposed to be in effect for 10 years. Being from a low caste, (poor choice of word) he wanted to change the prespective of higher caste people. His wish was to see his people rise and walk hand in hand with higher caste people. His vision was justified, considering how inhuman higher caste was to lower caste of society. Lower caste people were treated as dogs and pigs. To change this attitude, he introduced the caste system and reservation for low caste people in every field. It was implemented with a constraint that it will be withdrawn after 10 years if the condition of low caste people improved in those 10 years. If not, continue the same for 5 more years and then revise the system.
It's been more than 60 years of Independance, and still we have caste system and reservation for low caste people. Does this reflect that higher caste still dominate the lower caste? The answer is a definite 'no'. Time and again, Low caste people have proved their worth. Today they are sitting at top positions of Indian Government. They are rich and they dominate in many competetive exams cause of reservation. A low caste student needs only 30/120 to crack IIT-JEE where a general student has to score more than 90 to be eligible for top education in engineering. Same is applicable everywhere in India. Today, the scenario is totally opposite to what it was before Independance. Today, a high caste student suffers more than a low caste student cause of reservation system. Our ministers have exploited the clause for their benefit and vote bank.
As far, I am concerned, the caste system is pushing our country back and is hindering the growth. We should support the talent and not the caste. We, the young generation don't differentiate between low caste and high caste. We don't care whether our friend belong to low caste or high caste. It's high time that government should coinsider scraping the reservation system and stop dividing the country on terms of caste and religion.
P.S:- when I say low caste, that include minority groups also.
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