All reservation systems are
naturally anti-merit and could only lead to eventual disaster for the people
that they aim to protect. Reservations perpetuate hegemony, entitlement of few
incompetent individuals over their competent contemporaries by threat of force
that could emanate from religion, state or both. A reservation system not only hurts the
Eklavyas but also prepares ground for eventual annihilation of its practitioners
like DronaCharyas (Mahabharat Epic). Mother Nature promotes and rewards
freedom, equality, competition & rewards merit. Nature is both awesome
& beautiful. But unfortunately the social reservation systems are an
antithetical to the spirit of the Mother Nature.
There are two reservation
systems, not one, prevalent in India which naturally impede meritocracy and
consequently weaken the fight against equality, poverty and violence in
society. Ironically the more pervasive & powerful reservation system in place
is not the one enshrined into the Indian Constitution by MK Gandhi to placate
Dr. BR Ambedkar who suffered heinous discrimination due to the mighty
reservation system propounded by Hindu religious scholar Manu through
Manu-Smriti. Just like an eye for an eye could make the whole world blind
therefore a new reservation system to counter the older one could only lead to
more darkness in India. Evidently China has galloped miles ahead of India in
the fight against poverty and social injustice to become a great country. Merit
has no substitute, hence reservation systems of all hues need to go in a global
society.
Hindu Rashtriya Swayam Sevak
Sangh, a Hindu Supremacist organization sworn to make India a Hindu Nation,
have always eulogized the Manu’s reservation system but baulked at the
Gandhian-Ambedkar one. It would be extremely rewarding to undertake several research
projects to compare & contrast the impact of two reservation systems, Manu
Smriti based & Gandhi-Ambedkar pact, on the Indian society after the
transfer of power in 1947.Both seem to have outlived their utility in the
modern world.
The Gandhi-Ambedkar reservation
system gives some protection to the disadvantaged Hindus who have been tortured
discriminated as per institutionalized religious tenets of Hinduism. It’s near
impossible to fight religious biases with rational legal direct action. Wonder
why Gandhi-Ambedkar didn’t take the time tested home grown Indian method to
fight the menace of Hindu religious caste system? Guru Nanak Dev ji the founder
of Sikhism eliminated the caste system in Punjab region in 15th
century itself thus making it the prosperous and honorable society to live in
the entire sub-continent.
Sikhism not only made Sikhs a
proud nation but also helped Hindus & Muslims to live with each other in
spirit of harmony and brotherhood for a century in a region which have been
tormented for ages due to caste religious confrontations. Sikhism eliminated
the practice of reserving religious jobs to a particular section of Sikh society
which led to the decimation of caste system. Unfortunately it seems MK Gandhi’s
bias for ancient Hinduism and Ambedkar’s lack of courage led to their agreement
which is nothing but seeking an eye for an eye to deal with the Hindu caste
system. No wonder the monstrous caste discrimination has not only strengthened
in Hindu society but also have spread its tentacles into other religions that
strictly prohibits it.
Will Mohan Bhagwat the powerful
chief of the Hindu Rashtriya outfit initiate a review of the more hurtful
reservation system that reserves millions of jobs in Hindu temples for Brahmins
only? The day Hindus begin to appoint temple priests on merit rather than on
caste it would be impossible for anyone to discriminate against fellow humans
and benefit from it. All Indians, Hindus particularly, need to work towards a
future where each citizen competes on merit without any crutches of any kind of
reservation quota system imposed either by Manu-Smriti in the name of Hinduism
and the one of Gandhi-Ambedkar sort. No country can survive & win without
embracing merit wholeheartedly and history of India provides ample proof of it.
Hope Mohan Bhagwat will demand review of both the reservation systems prevalent
concurrently in India for sake of its survival.
