Random Thoughts

why should a guy, who is at the tail end of his academic career, be interested in opposing the reservation policy? in past few weeks, many of my friends have asked me my opinion on the issue of reservation. and each time I reply that since this topic doesn't affect me any more, i am not thinking about this. this approach is quite smug, i know, and that's why today i've decided to give some thought to it.

let us discuss why i should not, or need not, take part in these protests. after studying in two of the most prestigious institutes of the country, i don't have to worry about my own academic/professional career now. my children of course will be affected by this, but even that event is at least 20-25 years away and so i can safely ignore it right now. another poignant reason that i can think of is that my own institutions, which have made me not only what i am today but also who i am, will get suffered by this perverse reservation policy. as an alumnus, it is my moral responsibility not only to oppose the policy myself, but also to try to unite my other friends on this topic. if people who don't deserve to study in IITs and IIMs start to get admission there, ultimately it will result in erosion of their brand equity. this, in turn, will also effect my own academic reputation.
the last point is actually very reasonable and, quite frankly, i don't have any points of my own to counter this. perhaps the reason why i am still not protesting is that i am too lazy to do this. when there already are thousands of medical students out there on a hunger strike, i don't see any way i can help them. I have full support and respect for those agitating students, and i think that the best i can do is to give them a token of support. but still then, i don't think i have to be physically present with them to do that. signing a petition will do as good.

however, thinking deeply, i realize that perhaps it is not my laziness which is preventing me from doing anything. the real reason is that i still hope that our leaders will come to senses before it is too late. that the other parties will set aside their own parochial agenda and presurrize the government to revoke the constitutional amendment, or at least delay its implementation. that the government will start listening to the voices of students who are protesting all over the country. that there is at least one sensible person in our political system who will be vocal in his opposition, and will bring all others under the umbrella of his inspiration. I may be wrong, maybe i am putting the politicians on too high a padestal. you can call my stand as that of a callous youth who has got what he wanted and then has forgotten his country and his countrymen. you can call me a coward who has lost his will to fight and has accepted the slavery of an oppressive system.....

but still i am hoping.....my uncle once said that hope is the denial of the truth. only time can give a verdict on its truthfulness.......