Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (born:14 April 1891: Died: 6 December, 1956) is remembered every year after year as the champion of the oppressed in India. The controversial reservation system in the professional colleges and in jobs in government departments has benefited a selected group of “creamy layer” of the so-called backward class community, scheduled chaste and tribes. Any further reservations or benefits will be cornered by the same group of people and the bulk of the masses are not going to gain much. They remain as they are today.
There are already many groups in the Dalit communities with different ideologies and personal priorities. By accepting the system of reservation, the above communities, particularly the younger generation will continue to suffer the humiliation of reminding them of their “lower” status in the society. The children of today, particularly from the so-called upper caste, do not know much about this past historic unfair system and they have many friends from the Dalit communities in schools and colleges. But unfortunately, today’s politicians remind the young Dalits that they are not equal to their upper caste friends in the society and they need reservations in every walk of life!
Why to continue to remember the existence of this unfair social inequality? Why not follow the slogan of Dr. Ambedkar: Educate, Unite and Agitate? The younger generation is of the strong opinion that due recognition is bound to come in due course of time. Education is the key word. The column of “Caste” in the application form for education and employment should be removed once for all. In today’s India, the majority Dalits are going to have a say even on the formation of the central government. Then, why reservation?
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