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[edit] India is 'democracy' and NOT 'meritocracy' like Singapore.

Hence it is imperative to appreciate socio-economic and cultural 'diversity' in Governance (Legislature,Judiciary,Administration) and in Private Institutions (Reliance, Infosys etc) in India.

Government should implement 'reservations' in Judiciary and in Private Institutions as per Caste and Religious census in India.

52% of Judges should be from OBC.
29% Judges should be Dalits and Tribals.
Remaining Judges should be from other castes.

--known-- (talk) 09:15, 10 April 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Social injustice

Reservations are legislative response to historical social injustices. Can we scrap reservations if 80% of marriages in India are inter-religious or inter-caste?

why do we need reservations first of all???

need source for recent edit on Rajeev Goswami's immolation being a rumour. Will remove shortly, otherwise. --Pranathi 22:34, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

I think there is plenty documentary evidence that this self-immolation took place, no? Or are you just playing devil's advocate?

A hoax created by media soon the guy appeared for interview and later dumbed by press/media.HW 08:05, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Neutrality in question

The Neutrality of the article is in question.Only the negatives have been pointed out.A non neutral background and just two other sections 'protest' and 'criticisms' all mean the same thing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Unknownworld (talk • contribs)

"Protest" and "Criticism" do not represent the same thing. "Protest" tells the way some people protested against the implementation of the suggestions of the commission, whereas "Criticism" tells - as expected- the criticism raised against the suggestions i.e. the rationale.
Also, points raised in favour and against have been discussed, though points in favour are un-referenced.--Dwaipayan (talk) 09:30, 18 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] The Use of the term Backward

Is the terming of the socially deprived sections of India "Backward" appropriate? This discussion has started at Indian Caste System, Talk page. The Indian Constitution currently terms a huge section of the Indian Society as BACKWARD which seems to me as inappropriate, uncalled and indirectly mocking. a. Is there any research done in this direction before by anyone? With the use of this term, sections of the society will always be termed officially BACKWARD and it will become impossible for the deprived sections to be equal. So, if some researcher has done research in this very direction it it will useful to add the same in the Main Article.BalanceRestored 08:08, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Backward is the official term used by the Government of India, and also by the media. Maybe you should file a Public Interest Litigation. Debating on Wikipedia talk pages won't server any purpose. utcursch | talk 12:26, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
Illiteracy was the problem in India that allowed certain community to teach and prescribe prescriptions of their own ignoring even that they where fiddling with the words from GOD, but things have changed. Public Interest Litigation is not the solution, yes if that's filed surely the case would favor in the interest of the mass. But, from my understanding certain individuals could have committed deliberate crime with full understanding. They have to be punished first if there where any behind getting this term. Misinterpreting of the Puranas, Gita has not happened unknowingly. They where all done in a definite direction. For example, many authors of Bhagavat Purana have mentioned "Brahmin Boy" in their english interpretations while the sanskrit verses say something else. The father sage who has said to his son. "You are not still a brahmin" has been changed. Many authors mention, Jati or Caste instead of Varna when the sanskrit text reads Chatur Varna as narrated by Lord Krishna in Gita. Anyway, the mass in India has already attained the education they should have. 1/10 of the population whom have started to attain education now, will start reading these books and will start understanding what has happened with them. There are 10000's of books available in the market and they are clear records of all these. Again, the temple priests did not do these. It is done by ignorant individuals. There is a very well defined method to recite the veda and puranas and they take full care to see that the authenticity of the verses are maintained with due respect. The mistakes where done by someone else. All those who misinterpreted these verses from GOD are there in the open market. They will be questioned some day or the other. Remember Ashwathama was not killed by Arjuna, But he did something else. Same will happen to these intelligent individuals who knew the truth and tried to destroy our country. But, God is there he will do his duty, nothing bad happened to the Country so far, and it is going forward with every individual getting educated and moving in a forward direction. BalanceRestored 07:54, 14 June 2007 (UTC)