Reservation ,from a Tribal's perspective

Reservation ,a controversial concept of development which has plagued many minds for years.The history of reservation was the history of voice for representation .In Kerala, the demand for reservation of government jobs was made as early as 1891 with an agitation in the princely State of Travancore against the recruitment of non-natives, mainly Tamil Brahmins, into public service, overlooking qualified native people.It has evolved across the time and is today a powerful tool to bring economic and political equality among the individuals and in present day the Caste is the deciding factor being the base of Reservation.

I m here only to give my views on the ongoing anti-reservation protests from a tribal's perspective.

They say Merit should be the base to get seats in educational Institutions.
Merit??? Whats that ?? Merit is not attached to caste .It is acquired by the kind of upbringing one has,by the exposure one gets.I m sure an average Brahmin student of Delhi Kendriya Vidyalaya can score more in Boards then his counterpart in Baripada Kendriya Vidyalaya in Mayurbhanj district .So should I conclude that Baripada Brahmins are less meritorious????

Money is their god and they want every institute to spin money for them.Education has today become an expensive commodity to procure for the poor tribals.The average tribal family income from all sources was calculated to be Rs 2036.96.Its not easy for a tribal father get his son educated in Convent or Xaviers ,its not easy to admit him in FIIT JEE or AKAASH which gives best coaching for IIT and Medical entrance with fees as high as 40 ,000 rupees per 6 months .

An AIIMS student may certainly talk about merit .But I remind him that he has bought it.People are buying talent .Mukherjee street in Delhi ,IAS mecca certainly doesnot give quality education at cheaper rate.What about the students who cannot afford for such ???

Are they less meritorious???

TamilNadu is a state from which the Northies should learn to use Reservation to bring social and political equality.It has 69% reservation in education and jobs at present.See the status of the backward castes in Tamil Nadu today.Reservation is not a poverty alleviating tool .Its aim is to bring social equality.The humiliations we have faced being tribals by the so called upper caste ,its just the compensation we crave for.Only high education can bring respect.So Reservation is a must.
In Tamil Nadu,Anna University conducts exams where cut off marks for general and backward caste student's is almost equal. Wow!! this is what reservations can do .

A hilarious comment was made by Wipro chief -Ajim Premji "Let’s start the reservation with our cricket team. We should have 10 percent reservation for muslims. 30 percent for OBC, SC/ST like that. Cricket rules should be modified accordingly. The boundary circle should be reduced for an SC/ST player. The four hit by an OBC player should be considered as a six and a six hit by a OBC player should be counted as 8 runs. An OBC player scoring 60 runs should be declared as a century.

We should influence ICC and make rules so that the pace bowlers like Shoaib Akhtar should not bowl fast balls to our OBC player. Bowlers should bowl maximum speed of 80 kilometer per hour to an OBC player. Any delivery above this speed should be made illegal."

I feel pity for the man to be ignorant about the ground realities.I would like to remind all that the Captain of Indian Hockey team is Dilip Tirkey ,a tribal .About Cricket, its a rich man's game .Almost all the players are from affluent families who can afford for their son to invest his time and energy in such unconventional fields.

And dont worry the second generation tribals will soon come up ,the real race has begun now.


They say Creamy Layer should be out of reservation.
what a joke !! In a country where Govt. can not provide basic Primary education properly want to wash off hands by providing reservation at graduation and post graduation level.Rates of drop outs is high in secondary education ...I exctly dont know the factors.Tribal literacy rate is below 40% in chotanagpur and Orissa .

And our elite upper caste fellows think that Creamy Layer should be excluded!! hehe ....So whom to include??


I got 92% marks in 10th and I know Santals who have scored upto 95% .....this wouldnot have been possible if my father and mother had not worked in bhubaneswar and given me good education.Again if there were no reservation ,they could never get education at all as being core village tribals they hardly understand what merit is all about.After they got job ,they encouraged other family members and finally all of my uncles are in job of some kind or the other.Now that I have got into IIT ,I will guide my brothers and sisters.

Educate one tribal and you educate a family,educate one family and you educate a village,Educate a village and you educate the community.This is tribal society .We believe in
co operation.


They say Caste should not be the criteria.
Again a joke!!


I saw on TV how vehemently AIIMS students were opposing reservation in delhi streets.
Again same kind of opposition came when Union Health Minister -Anbumani Ramados proposed one year compulsury training in rural villages of India.Girls from AIIMS wrote to Ramados asking him to marry them as their Marriage age would pass away if they serve rural India for 1 yr.

This is the real face of these self-centred people who consider India as बाप का माल

How many Tribal doctors serve in Apollo?
How many tribal doctors have private clinics in big cities ?? in bhubaneswar NIL.
In Mayurbhanj a tribal district of Orissa,there are more number of tribal doctors serving the poor people then their general counter parts.The doctors who get involved in Organ smuggling,female infanticide are definitely not the tribals.

So in one hand they deny higher education on the grounds of Merit at the same time they dont want to come down to us to serve us by their superb Merit.what a hypocrisy!!

80% of Upper caste hindus are better off economically and politically.
So what have they done to help their fellow brothers of the same caste and religion???
Now they talk about the plight of those poor Brahmins who cannot study because of extensive reservation.
So are tribals responsible for that?? Being in power everywhere what have they done for their fellowmen??

The highest evaders of Income tax are they themselves,Highest corruption rate is among themselves only.And they clamor for justice.Sick!

For a nation's formation two basic things are needed
1)Ethics (social,moral...etc etc)
2)Tolerance.

Its Tribals who have sacrificed everytime for national interest.For industries, mines and many power projects we tribals have sacrificed our lands in lieu of poor rehabilitation.For the sake of employment of many urban Upper caste ,we sacrificed our lands .Every now and then tribals are killed in attempts of Land encroachment.Yet we have not raised voice like those stupid AIIMS kids nor we picked up Arms like Communists.
This is what tolerance is.

What is Development as per them ??
Is Development of country== Development of Upper Caste Hindu??

Today they talk about Merit.They criticize tribals' getting good education.
If in Bhubaneswar ,the roads are widened wiping out the local poor traders is Development to them ,Then I have nothing to say.

If a tribal gets educated.Is it not seen as development of the country??


Lastly before I conclude Let me remind all of us..........We are the indigenous tribes ,the first settlers in India.Every inch of land is equally ours as it is anyone's else.

In all govt. Property we have equal share .

So sack them who consider India as their Baap Ka Maal