Pulling ourselves backward ...

For a long time, I have been controlling myself not to write about this issue.

As I was reading this news report some thoughts crossed my mind.

First of all, does 1931 census reflect the composition of the population of today? In my opinion, it doesn't. Reasons:
- After the partition, people have migrated across three different countries.
- The country has taken refugees from Tibet, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
- There are some castes where birth control is still not recognised. The population of these castes could be more!
- Lot of people have migrated to other countries like USA, UK, Singapore, etc.
Apart from the above reasons, people have migrated to different states within India itself. Though this may not affect the national composition, it will affect the composition of each state. So, I am not sure whether reservation in states like TN are fair!

Secondly, assuming 1931 census does reflect the today's population, I have one question.
- How are we sure that the 'backward class' in 1931 are still 'backward'?

Having said that, how do we go about it?
I still vote for Reservation. However, it should not be on a caste basis.
The following people should get reservation.
- Children of people working in Defence forces. (Ok, if you have any doubt, none of my relatives are in Defence forces :-)
- Handicapped and visually impaired people
- Sports persons (Not any sports person. Should be a person with proven ability.)

Lot of people are suggesting reservation based on Economy. I don't agree with that too. Education is free in all the Government schools. These schools admit students from all economic backgrounds.

Only in colleges, people need money to study. The government can give more scholarships to the needy people in colleges.

In the name of reservation, we as a country are pulling ourselves backwards!
I pray the Supreme Court rules in favour of justice and NOT the 'Social Justice'!!