the doctor clamouring against reservation for obc for this passage write the summary
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there are reservations not just in jobs but also in contracts, licenses and company shares for
Malays. Reservation for the depressed and weaker sections exists in many countries like
Brazil, South Africa, Japan, Netherland and Ireland. There is 50 per cent reservation for
Blacks and women in the medical faculty of Harvard University. And the Whites have never
made an issue of being eligible only for 50 per cent of the seats. In fact, it is the handful of
anti-reservationist doctors, who talk of disintegration of society on account of reservation,
who are really responsible for creating dissension and obstacles in the ways of social justice
of the OBCs. The media have, of course, played a negative role. But it is a reality that Indian
society is constituted on caste lines. If the anti-reservationists are so concerned about the
disintegration of society on caste lines, they should first lead the struggle against social
discrimination.
Reservation gives a job or admission even if they get less percentage of marks. In one of the
cases a person was in Indian Revenue Service. He saw that candidates getting high marks in
a competition were not necessarily successful in the field. Merit, as it is being presently
understood, does not include honesty, hard-work and patriotism. In the American school
system, besides the syllabus, students have to undergo practical training in social services,
etc. and marks are added in the certificate based on performance in this area. The only
people tailing of merit today are those who have studied in public schools or whose children
study in such schools. The expenditure incurred on education in public schools is 50 to 100
times more than those of corporation/ government schools. There is a vast difference in
quality between the teachers of public and government schools. Parents who can afford to
send their children to public schools are mostly educated. They not only teach the children
themselves at home but also provide coaching for them. On the other hand, parents who
send their children to corporation/government schools are mostly uneducated. These
children have to lend a helping hand to their parents after school hours. Under such
circumstances, what is wrong if such students ask for concession of a few marks?
Reservation will bring unity and integration in society. Reservation in elite institutes will
enable people from different social strata to come together and establish bonhomie among
them. It is true that reservation is not a permanent solution to the vexed problem of our
society. As and when equal and compulsory education is introduced in the country, Dalits
and OBCs will not take their claims to reservation. Reservation is not a panacea for the
economic backwardness of the country. For this purpose, the government has already