One day, we may need an “Indian” quota

Courtesy my friend RealityCheck (emphasis added); please try and ignore the absurdity of the headline in (as RealityCheck so memorably puts it) “a chest thumping secular country“. From 2 more minority lists put up, cut-offs dip further by Bhavya Dore, Hindustan Times, Mumbai, June 22, 2012, this brief excerpt:

At NM College in Vile Parle, the commerce cut-off for Gujarati minority students fell from 90.91% last year to 89.64% this year.

..At Hinduja College, students who fall in the Sindhi quota will be given walk-in admissions until Friday morning.  Earlier this week, cut-offs at Sathaye College in Vile Parle for the in-house quota, St Andrew’s College in Bandra for the Christian minority quota and SIES College in Sion for the South Indian minority quota registered a fall.

Previously, the Sindhi quota cut-off at Jai Hind College and the Christian quota cut-off at St Xavier’s College had also fallen.

I really don’t know whether to laugh or cry..Beyond farcical, isn’t it? I am reminded of Dividing India: one bit at a time 

Somewhat related: Communal Reservations via the back door?

B Shantanu

Political Activist, Blogger, Advisor to start-ups, Seed investor. One time VC and ex-Diplomat. Failed mushroom farmer; ex Radio Jockey. Currently involved in Reclaiming India - One Step at a Time.

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4 Responses

  1. Panna Dey says:

    Everyone is a minority in one way or the other. The scheduled tribe and scheduled caste quotas were already there with numerous special facilities for them. And now the trend of minorities! I myself fall under religious minority (Christian)but i dont like the whole thing!

  2. allwyn says:

    me too took minority admission as catholic and i am atheist had to give in to parents as its their damn money.

    PS: From “dividing india” i’m reminded of one argument that india should never have been one and all states should have been separate countries like small ones there in europe – norway, sweden etc.
    Any comments on this?

  3. K R Prasanna says:

    if at all quotas are to be given, they are to be given for the poor people of this country. Then everyone who is poor (muslim/christian/SC/ST/Sikh/Brahmin) will get benefited.

    Whereas now, a person gets preference just because he/she belongs to a specific religion/cast; and we proudly call ourselves secular. Hope this discrimination comes to end sooner than later.

  4. B Shantanu says:

    Adding this here for the record: Constitutional Minorityism: India as A Religious Apartheid State by Sankrant Sanu, Dec 1, 2017. It is worth a close read