Mandal - II

I was wondering where we’re heading to? Is this the same country of which we all have dreamed of? I was in school at the time of Mandal-I, and that time we use to wonder that what has really happened? It was nice all along and suddenly we were told that “Oh! You’re from general category, MAN! You don’t even get a job now, because of this Mandal commission” Those were the times that V.P. Singh was like devil for us(he's still for me), and now Arjun Singh (adding another one in the long list) must be the same. That’s a different story that I still managed to get a good job, but it gave us such a fear that our lives have been spoiled by these dirty politicians. Because over all my impression is that these people are bunch of crooks, who are not at all worried about the development of country, all they are worried about is how to make tons of money, consider the caste as a vote bank. Sometimes I do wonder, is the system in which we’re living, is good enough? Aren’t these politicians to be hanged on the road side for what they’re doing. These are the people who are filling in venom in common man, just by stating it off different caste, different religion etc. For me mandal doesn’t make any difference, but imagine a situation where there is a kid who belongs to a higher caste but doesn’t have enough resources that he can go to a good school or may be good college. But because he doesn’t belong to OBC/SC/ST he won’t get reservation. Shouldn’t we look at this problem by financial status of the person? And shouldn’t we give reservation to just 2 generations? I mean imagine a situation that I belong to a poor family and I got a reservation with which I get a job, so the system (govt.) fulfilled its part to get me a good job, which in turn means that my financial status will improve. Now considering that my son/daughter will need little assistance, so s/he too gets reservation, so 2 generations from family gets it which means they come at par or at some level to support there next kin. That’s it! The reservation should now stop for them and they must be considered under general category. So with this what I feel is that govt. will be able to eradicate the whole system within 50-70 years. Hopefully god gives some thought to our politicians too, and they stop dividing this country on caste and religion.