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Dalits’ need genuine support

While majority of the Indians were busy preparing for the 60th anniversary of Indian independence, the Supreme Court for a change was busy dealing with the ‘reservation’ issue – a chronic ailment plaguing the nation for centuries. On August 14, the five judge bench led by Chief Justice K. G. Balakrishnan made a landmark observation (which largely went unnoticed) stating that the “reservations cannot continue indefinitely & must come to an end one day.”

Yes, ever since the dawn of independence, India has been anxiously waiting to see the end of caste-based apartheid, existing in the Indian psyche. This was the raison d’etre for Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, the chief architect of the Indian constitution to introduce caste-based reservations into polity. But little had he known that the exploitative mindset of the political class would make this well-meaning gesture into a monster, gnawing at the very roots of our unity. Forget, economic upliftment of the down castes, 60 years down the road the reservations have only deepened the fissures in our society, pitting the higher castes against the deprived in open street battles. Far from erasing the Manu Smriti from the Indian mindset, the quota system has given ready-to fire ammunition to the fundamentalists. Tamil Nadu, where the very essence of Dalit empowerment has been reduced to quota percentages – a mind boggling 60% reservation for the lower castes has undermined the clause of equality enshrined in the constitution. If only, the Indian polity had prevented politicians from going overboard with enhanced quota schemes, the nation would certainly have looked far more appealing at 60.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007

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