tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26495948.post4883647560165119879..comments2022-05-31T21:32:07.015+05:30Comments on Shetty's Take: Merciless musings of a libertarian: Woman's reservation billKarthik Shettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07215763312804913735noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26495948.post-55725560379863166032010-09-06T12:09:24.387+05:302010-09-06T12:09:24.387+05:30Sorry, this concept of +ve discrimination isn'...Sorry, this concept of +ve discrimination isn't going too well... it's like the concept of good Taliban and bad Taliban. The parameters used to distinguish aren't very clear. And as far as reservation in education, I all for introducing more seats for the under-privileged, but not at the cost of reducing seats for the deserving. I still don't see how someone without a sound elementary school education will be able to to cope up with higher education. SO the elementary schooling needs to be strengthened. <br /><br />I still don't see how women aren't on the same footing. It's all in the hands of the political parties. Winnability matters the most to the parties, and if a woman candidate proves herself worthy and proves that to the party bosses, she gets a ticket. Maybe we need to bring in laws to do it at the party level, rather than at the constituency/parliamentary-seat level. And my last sentence hasn't been refuted.Karthik Shettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07215763312804913735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26495948.post-79375046178021403032010-09-05T16:03:25.032+05:302010-09-05T16:03:25.032+05:30Isn't discrimination the point here. Positive ...Isn't discrimination the point here. Positive discrimination. The idea is to bring everybody to the same footing and then let them contest. Look at it like it is a raised platform - there are those who are already on the platform and there are those who need steps to climb onto the platform.<br /><br />Lets look at reservation in education. The idea that everyone should get access to education is a good one. The idea of reservation here also seems to be a good one. Except, when implementing it, you need to look at who are you building stairs for, to climb the stairs to the platform. If you are building the stairs for somebody who is already on the platform, there is no point to the entire exercise. The ones below remain below. Hence, the proposal of an economic criteria instead of an SC/ST/OBC criteria in reservation in education.<br /><br />Similarly, what is the need of the hour is to come up with an alternative proposal to plug the loophole in women's reservation to avoid string puppets like in Laloo-Rabri scenario. While the idea of reservation here again, as positive discrimination, is a feasible one, it's implementation to fulfil it's objectives is impeded by such loopholes. <br /><br />Then again, even without such reservation, we have string puppet scenarios like in the case of CM Paneerselvam being the face behind which Jayalalitha operated in TN. When J's appointment as CM was quashed by the SC, O.Paneerselvam became her proxy heading the puppet government which was micro managed by J. Can anything really be done about it?Jil Jil Ramamanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13155289939576524389noreply@blogger.com