Reservations for whom?

The photo you just saw is from Maharashtra, the most advanced state in India at present. And this is one of the most recent photos from Yawatmal district of Maharashtra.

This picture is just a tip of an iceberg. The problem is more serious there and in most of the India. It is not visible from the AC rooms of Delhi or Bombay.

But the fate of these `Human Beings' is decided by the people who are sitting in these big cities.

Is there any solution?

Vitthal Dnyanba Vaidya, a 25 year farmer from Vidarbha committed suicide yesterday. What was the reason? No crops for successive years, and lot of debts which he couldn’t repay.

Did he have property inherited from his ancestors? Did he have pension coming in his home from retired father? Did he have funds in his bank account? Did he have shares in his name? Did he have lot of farm land in his name? Did he have secured pension for old age?

On the other side we have people who have got good property inherited and earned with them. They have good houses, education, bank balance, good connections to secure jobs and career. Job loss or debts don’t disturb their sleep as they did for this poor fellow. They get pension from their parents’ job. Many of them get scholarships and various funds for education. Their property has been increasing due to very good opportunities for them. Of course, they do work hard. But the situation is not as hard for them as Vitthal Vaidya.

We have reservation system for backward classes in India. This system has helped many to progress ahead. There has been lot of politics involved in reservation system.

Is this the time to stop reservations for backwards? Do you think people like Vitthal Dnyanba Vaidya will be able to self develop themselves in the era of fast development and modernization?
So, what do you think is the way?

Shall the Indian Government-

Stop reservations at all and deny opportunity to all the tribal and economically disadvantaged poor people?

Start reservations strictly on economic basis? (You know what happens with this system in India!!).


Continue reservations as it is? This is not ideal system, as only those who are already progressed are getting benefited with the present system. Lalu Prasad and Mulayam Singh Yadav belong to this category. Their children can get advantage of this system.

Increase reservation to include other backward classes in the system. This seems to be totally political in most instances. Politicians have been doing this just to gain voters’ favor.


No further reservation for the candidate’s next generation if he/ she has taken advantage of reservation to become doctor/ engineer or to get a job.

No further reservation to the next generation of present doctors, officers and other economically established people.

Encouraging specific tribes for taking advantage of reservation in educational institutes and in jobs.

No more reservation politics in India to gain votes.

Fix deadline for reservation facility. Serious and regular reviews of the reservation system to include/ exclude certain tribes from it.

What do you think? Give your comments in descent wordings. Please don’t use improper wordings in your comments.

Jai Hind.