The new divide

Hindus were not enough so they divided Muslims... now Muslims will also have quotas according to cast. The quota privilege will exclude Syeds, Pathans, Iranis and Arabis. Seems like the general category, which is actually an excruciating minority in front of all the reserved classes put together( not including women), will have to stand and fight for its existence. The conundrum of reservation is not whether it should be sustained or not, rather whom should it be given to. I have been repeatedly supporting the idea that criterion for reservation should be money instead of progeny. If a candidate is pathetic inspite of a firm financial pillar underneath him, then why is the caste system being blamed.
Possibly 'they' want to convey that the candidate had recalled the atrocities against his forefathers just before the exams, interview or whatever he couldn't perform well in. Or maybe he was afraid that the invigilator, professor or interviewer might expel him out of the room at any time because of his origin. Or may be they have some better reason than I can think.
Whenever I mention that income should be the agency of reservation, people try to refute by mentioning the illegal proofs of income. I do admit the problem, but is there a better way to appease the unrest in unreserved class? The solution to the question just posed can be introducing strict norms while availing for reservation. We do have evasion of income tax, but still it is collected. A sub-middle class man, who has hardly any other income, and the one I advocate should cherish reservation, won't find it hard to disclose his entire incomes. Perform hard core raids where you suspect a fish, nab them and 'reward' them. Bet my money India will be a better place again.

An excuse for agnostics

I am really confused, so long I have been declaring myself as an atheist. Rather I had been dwindling between atheism and theism when finally I have felt the need of God. When I wrote about this on facebook, Manish kumar agarwal, a friend of mine, gave me a neo-kabeer doha:
Dukh mein sumiran sab karae, sukh mein karae na koi;
Jo sukh mein sumiran karae, TO WO SUKH KAAHE KA HOE.!!

Ready for the ride

It's time to gear up for the BAJA.. the ultimate dream of every mechanical engineer... We have a long and hectic path to tread, with placements, CAT, college projects and BAJA of course. I am sure this ain't gonna be a smooth ride but I... err.. we will have to manage these things

New MANIT motto

'fiat lux ' is the motto of university of california which means 'let there be light'.... MANIT's motto is 'Docomo Dettol' which means 'life can change in seconds, so be prepared with the solution'

only 1409 left... tiger project needs a correction

This is a short post dedicated to the recent incident of the cloud that hovers Ranthambore National Park. Recently, on march 7th 2 Tiger cubs were found dead which, sadly, corrects the save tiger project to only 1409 left. What added to the grimmace was the news of a man-eater in the National Park. Officials have firmly denied existence of any man-eating tiger in Ranthambore, possibly to pacify the tourists who were woken up one morning and given the news of 50-yr old villager being killed by 'some' animal. Forest officers are strongly rejecting any possibility of a lurking man-eater and trying to give the credit to jackals, inspite of canine marks being found on the victim's shoulder and throats. I wonder which jackal dares to clench a human by throat.
Anyway the point of discussion is not who killed whom and who is being blamed. Instead, if at all a man-eater exists he will be killed in a few days, if forest officials don't succeed to catch him alive. .If we look into the matter more deeply, we will find that about 60 Bigha of forest area has been encroached in 1998-99, Data about later years are not available. Besides Illegal poaching still continues in that area. I assume the reader is better acquainted to th fact that the biggest dealer of Tiger hide and its body parts is The China, where tiger is believed to possess medicinal properties. The solution to this lies in tightening the patrols in Tiger Reserves and providing them with more sophisticated equipments for surveilance and security, which at present are hardly anywhere near modern technologies... (blog post coninued...)