The scene portrays a crowded bus stop labeled “Government Transport Madras”. Instead of allowing passengers to board normally, a bus conductor stands at the door reading a restrictive government mandate to an astonished crowd. To mock how extreme state-enforced communal reservation could theoretically become, the conductor announces a rigid proportional breakdown of who is permitted onContinue reading “The Paradox of Social Engineering: Why Affirmative Action Risks Becoming Social De-Engineering”
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The Supreme Court of India and a “casteless society”
https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/a-seminal-issue-before-the-supreme-court-2895052 The Deccan Herald How many more “seminal issues of Constitution”, one wonders , will the Chief Justices of our Supreme Court have to deliberate and adjudicate upon before we see the last of this whole business of Reservations and Quotas ? This country has had 75 long years to progress to what it dreamedContinue reading “The Supreme Court of India and a “casteless society””
The Road to Hell is paved with Good Intentions
It seems to me that both America and India find themselves on the horns of the same Hamletian Dilemma : “to quota or not to quota, is the question”. America’s Supreme Court has just given its verdict: Enough is enough of Affirmative Action . India’s Supreme Court continues however to tread most gingerly on thatContinue reading “The Road to Hell is paved with Good Intentions”