I was not getting this ‘apt’ sentence because of my proficiency in English language & ability to express my thought. But I’m improving them through this blog.

I agree with you that reservation is needed to help discriminated people. It encourages people from oppressed communities to strive more & perform better. Case in point – the cut-off marks for ST students for MBBS in 2007 was 90%. While it was 97.75% for OC. There’s no difference in capability – if capability can indeed be measured by the present education system – between the 2 candidates.

I’m from a so-called “Forward Caste”, reservation doesn’t help me directly. But it has helped me indirectly by building a more equitable society.

Also, in the present Education System I don’t believe that those who scored 95% and above are ‘deserving’ candidates. We can debate this in person.

We should not mix ‘reservation’ & ‘competency’. ‘Reservation’ is just an entry for ‘discriminated people’ of our country.

Instead if your boss had called the under performing students and told them they competed very well but lacked certain elements of capability that the winners had that would help the ones who lost out catch up and be as competent as the winners. To summarize, your boss fed the hungry ones fish to make them feel good momentarily. Instead if he taught them how to fish they wouldn’t go hungry again.

but the message might not have reached far and wide across the people over the internet

i find the info only on the group’s page on K-Community

if enough PR is given
and if enough bloggers have blogged and twitted about the event
many of the ppl should have got interested to come for this event

hope the next edition of the event happens on a sunday

regds
srini