Nice quote by Ambedkar
Read this on Times of India, a deemed university VC was quoting Ambedkar in the meeting called by Arjun Singh, Human Resources Minister to discuss reservations in private institutions - 'Indian Caste system is like a four storeyed building with no staircase'
posted by Sai Sreekanth at 8:28 PM
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Ambedkar never said that have an exclusive staircase only for ground floor people to go to the top floor and that is what reservations is all about. Such a four storeyed building should not have been allowed to be constructed but now apply the illegal construction laws and demolish the buiding rather than do make shift reserved staircases to legalize the building. Merit should be and shall be the criteria for admission in higher education.
The country "where the mind is without fear" is the only country in which true scholarship can engage with the great issues of society. Are we losing that country?
Its time for every Indian to read Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore's Nobel prize winning poem and appreciate the stand taken by Ekla Chalo Re BITS Pilani, in the context of reservation fire raging the length and breadth of the nation.
'Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high"
While various deemed universities said that they would wait, watch and ultimately toe the government line, BITS Pilani's bold stand that it would not implement quotas and reservations in admissions shook the conscience of the nation. For BITS Pilani, courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Its for nothing Andrew Jackson said "One man with courage makes a majority".
"Where knowledge is free"
BITS Pilani is a privately funded institution playing an eminent role in the nation building task at par with the IITs and the government of India as well as all its agencies must ensure that autonomy for admissions, fees charged, curriculum design, faculty recruitment etc are not encroached and eroded.
"Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls"
BITS Pilani has ensured the creation of a classless, casteless society and thousands of BITS alumni take pride in identifying themselves as Indians and not belonging to any caste, religion or language.
"Where the words come out from the depth of truth"
BITS Pilani had no hesitation in stating that students who take admissions through a criterion other than merit would find it difficult to pursue higher education and as such would be a drain on the system.
"Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection"
BITS Pilani believes that any departure from merit will only end up deemed or otherwise universities becoming doomed universities.
"Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit"
To ensure homogeneous input in higher education, BITS Pilani has emphatically stated that merit and nothing but merit should be the only criterion for admission.
'Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action"
BITS Pilani has said what millions of Indians wanted to say by saying that the Government and Society at large must focus on Primary education and schooling system by giving special attention, care, concern, scholarship and coaching so that candidates of weaker sections can compete with other students and become worthy citizens of the nation.
"Into that heaven of freedom my Father, let my country awake"
Will our country awake, will our country awake, will our country awake ...............
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