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Opinion
The Silent Majority
by Robert L. Sungte
India is a
land of the mighty amidst the teeming millions of poorest of the poor
who are deprived of the basic rights. Take for instance Karnataka, the
state known for IT Revolution, just a mere 10% of the population hold
the scepter of power. The other section exists for a mere existence for
the fulfillment of socio-economic and political ambitions of the former.
Recent media hype about the anti-reservation protest by medical and
engineering students is a well coordinated plan organized by well to do
Nuevo rich and sons and daughters of technocrats and higher class
section of the society. Let us take into account what percentage of
OBC’s and others like SC/ST students took part in this so called anti
reservations campaign by Youth for Equality.
The media is equally playing a partisan role in its coverage of the
issue. It is no surprising that they are behind the rich and affluent
students and their godfathers. After all it is the rich and the business
savvy doctors and engineers who are their main source of advertisement
revenue. Most of the mainstream media house exists because of them and
it is obvious that they come to the rescue of their patrons.
What about that silent majority whose voice do not find recognition even
in the smaller media? Unlike their counterpart they are not able to
organize a pro-reservation campaign due to lack of economic and
political power neither do they have the know-how. Many says that there
are some ‘very rich and strong’ people within the OBC’s and SC/ST, but
how many of us really have the time to ponder over a while and see what
the real picture is. It has always been the minorities that decide what
is good for the larger weak section of the society.
It is high time that students and doctors who are against the
reservation quota in higher and elite education institution to realize
that higher education is also a basic fundamental right of all sections
of the society. The government has the responsibility to see that social
welfare must be imparted through providing equitable chance to those
sections that cannot afford to make it to the higher echelon hierarchy
by themselves. Instead of being a hurdle to the government decision to
implement what the constitution rightfully granted, those who are
against reservation should try to understand the real India and make way
for the economically and backward sections of the society.
If understanding of the ‘real India’ becomes too complex for
anti-reservationists it must be noted that the suppressed people are
‘silent majority’ and one day as a consequence the nation will have to
pay a heavy price for not taking care of their needs and fulfilling
their aspirations. Most of these people who are against reservation have
been brought up in cities and are likely to live and breathe their last
breath in the cities itself. There is no hope that that they will ever
understand the real picture of Indian society. It is therefore
imperative that instead of being a stumbling block toward social
justice, they should prepare congenial atmosphere for the government to
perform its task efficiently
September 3,
2006
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