3 Idiots, an eye opener

3 cheers to Aamir Khan for 3 idiots. Aamir has taken a dig at present education system where the students have to memorize & then to reproduced the things in 3 hours. Further rich students get spoon feeding in tution classess. In short , the present education is based on Ratta Maro principle. IITians who study engineering & then take up the jobs in banks. Parents force the children to study the subjects where the students don’t have any interest..

The student who score higher marks are supposed to be meritorious. Really speaking, a tribal who is working in the forest is more talented who has to face difficult conditions for survival. The carpenter, the electrician , the plumber are much more talented & skillful who are doing practical work. But our society gives least importance to them. The English speaking MBA graduates are offered unimaginable hefty salaries which widens the rift in the society. These people are proficient in numerical & are highly theoretical. This terminology is known as merit. The proponent of merit are against the reservation for SC/STs. They are speaking for merit of Ratta. Reservation provides level playing field to weaker sections which is required for betterment of society.

Bodhisattwa Shendre

A Tribute To Prof.Arun Kamble

It is a sad news learnt from internet that Mr. Arun Kamble is no more. His dead body was found in Hussein Sagar lake in Hydrabad on 21st Dec 2009 . He was undergoing depression during last phase of life. Prof. Arun Kamble , Raja Dhale, Arjun Dangle were the founders of Dalit Panthers, a youth movement of Dalit youths of Maharashtra. 1970 onwards Dalit Panthers had the capacity to fight Shiv Sena on the streets. Shiv Sena has grown from strength to strength but Dalit Panthers weakened year after year. The reasons are internal bickering & lack of financial support. Whereas Shiv Sena had better financial strength & clandestine support of successive govts for fighting against Dalit movement.

Prof. Kamble was on forefront in the movement of re christening the Marathwada University to Dr. Ambedkar Marathwada University. Prof. Kamble & his comrades have given new dimensions to Dalit literature which brought out Dalits from clutches of blind faiths & old illogical traditions. His marathi books Dharmantarachi Bhimgarjana & Chalwaliche Divas are worth mentioning. He was national General Secretary of Janata Dal & he was Ph.D. guide in Mumbai University.

His contributions to the movement of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar will be long remembered. Jai Bhim to Arun Kamble.

By-Bodhisattwa Shendre

Reservation in Private is a Dire Necessity

Only handful of Dalits & Tribals could do little economic progress due to Job reservation policy in govt. But hue & cry is made by higher echelons of a society against job reservation . Educated parents spread ante reservation venom among their children. Dalit & Tribal students are taunted & humiliated in the schools & colleges. Now full stop has been put to the reservation policy because of the privatization policy of the govt.

British realized the pathetic situations of the downtrodden of the society whose status was lesser than animals. Morley-Minto commission had given some benefits to the oppressed classes. Then due to efforts of Dr. Ambedkar, reservation in jobs were given to the SC/STs constitutionally. The policy of reservation was implemented half heartedly till 1990. Only handful of SC/STs could get benefits due to reservation till this time. Then came the Privatization policy during the time of Narsingh Rao & Manmohan Singh, the doors of recruitment were totally shut for Dalits. Earlier public sectors were recruiting about 10000 SC/ST engineering graduates every year. Now there is almost nil recruitment. Many of these engineering graduates practically came on the roads as they do not have any sources in private companies, their only source of reservation system was snatched from them. This has happened in all kinds of Jobs. The doors of economic progress of SCs/STs are totally shut due to privatization policy after 1990. They are being forced to old slavery system.

It is well known fact that jobs in the private sectors can be obtained through the insiders. Dalits & Tribals do not have access to this kind of system. Higher caste people get preferences in this system which is in existence since generations. Is this not a reservation system? Why no one speaks about this system? Only questions are raised about reservation of SC/STs. The proponents of merit do not understand that the reservation for Dalits helps them to compensate discriminations which they are facing in every walk of life. It is not wise to ask Dalits & Tribals to compete in the unfair competition. The present society full of discriminations cannot offer level playing field to dalits & tribals. They are the victims of exclusions.

The private sector is fully engrossed in profit earnings. On their own they will not come forward for affirmative action which is in existence in USA. Govt has to make law for job reservation in private in order bring economic upliftment of weaker sections. Already considerable delay has taken place since 1990, govt must wake up & act for job reservation weaker sections in private.

- Bodhisattwa Shendre