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[Nihat]

Can Uttar Pradesh catch up with Tamil Nadu ?


Ca anyone suggest a website where all vital data related to Indian states such as the one mentioned in the article will be present, I have searched but cannot find a comprehensive data library.

[AnimeshP]

Can Uttar Pradesh catch up with Tamil Nadu ?


Ca anyone suggest a website where all vital data related to Indian states such as the one mentioned in the article will be present, I have searched but cannot find a comprehensive data library.

Check out this site ...
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation

[Neshant]

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has turned to blogging to showcase the achievements of his government.

got to give the guy credit for making an effort.

at least he's trying to improve something in his state unlike his predecessors who just played the caste card and robbed the state.

[ashish raval]

Gujarat is celebrating 50 years of its establishment... feeling proud...more information about celebrations here:

http://www.swarnimgujarat.org/index.aspx

[Airavat]

Plastic roads in Himachal Pradesh

After the use of polythene was banned in the state last year, there have been huge stocks in the state, which the government decided to utilise for metalling the roads. The proposal envisages metalling more than 250 km long roads in six zones of the state. After a successful experiment in Nurpur district, the task is in progress in Shimla for theroad connecting the city to the airport, a distance of 15 km.

The state under the scheme would purchase plastic waste at Rs3 per kg with an additional rupee as handling charges. “The rag pickers engaged would thus be keen to segregate the plastic waste for recycling purposes and make money”, said a senior official.

[Airavat]

Gorkhas and Tribals

Bimal Gurung’s attempt to woo the tribals in the Terai and Dooars by rechristening Gorkhaland to Gorkha Adivasi Pradesh has been nipped in the bud by the Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad. “We are not ready to render even the slightest importance to what Bimal Gurung said yesterday. And, under no circumstances, will the tribals in the Terai and Dooars join the Morcha or express solidarity (with it) for its so-called demand for Gorkha Adivasi Pradesh,” said Birsa Tirkey, the state president of the Parishad, over the phone from Calcutta today. "The Nepali-speaking people comprise eight to 10 per cent of the total population in these areas. The tribals make up around 80 per cent. It is sheer irrationality on the part of the Morcha leadership to think that the majority population will allow themselves to be governed from the hills by the minority.”

[SSridhar]

Gujarat is celebrating 50 years of its establishment... feeling proud...more information about celebrations here:

http://www.swarnimgujarat.org/index.aspx

Gujarat is a state entire India must be proud of.

[Gaurav_S]

Sanand makeover also covers textile convention centre

Once labeled as the dusty town of Gujarat, and also state’s tobacco belt and abode to principal wetland, Sanand, will soon be the new auto centre for the state.

Currently, Sanand has a populace of 40,000 and will soon welcome about 20,000 new employees who will be working with the Nano project, either directly or indirectly.

In addition, Sanand will soon encompass latest mammoth-like convention centre, clubbed with a five-star hotel neat to the Nano plant. This is being developed by the Indian Textile Machinery Exhibition (ITME) Society with an investment of Rs 3 billion.

Earlier, ITME was to set up this project in India’s financial capital, Mumbai. But dearth of the right property in Mumbai and Sanand’s new stepping stone toward fame and development, forced ITME to shift to Gujarat.

The convention centre will consist of warehousing facility, material handling facility, restaurants, space for establishing offices and customs clearances. The centre that is being built on the lines New Delhi’s Pragati Maidan, will consist of 4-5 exhibition halls and an open area spanning over 25,000-30,000 square metres, informed Rajni Bachkaniwala, ITME Chairman.

Gujarat has 696 Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) of which 185 are operated by the state, 131 are grant-in-aid and the remaining are self-funded. But the bottom-line is that, 70,000 youngsters who would graduate each year from these ITIs will head to Sanand for their first stop to employment.

The Gujarat government is currently planning to turn Sanand into a satellite city of Ahmedabad, with the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) establishing the adjacent areas of Dehgam, Bareja, Kalol and Mahemdabad as separate independent cities.

Sanand, Bareja, Kalol were once like small towns 50km or so away from Ahmedabad. Now farmers, people of these town have come closer and able to take benefit of big city Ahmedabad. Roads to and from are broader and well surfaced then it used to be before 10-15 years. Me remembers going to farmhouse for day out in Sanand in my childhood days and it was like travelling 100's of km's even it was less then 50km's from Ahmedabad. Development in this area with improved roads have made it look closer and much easier these days.

[Airavat]

Gujarat's entrepreneurial spirit

Dwijendra Tripathi is the author of Oxford History of Indian Business

[Airavat]

Less than 10 per cent households in Meghalaya have bank accounts

[shravan]

Gujarat wins UN award for public service

Gujarat has received the United Nations Public Service Award (UNPSA), 2010, for its State Wide Attention on Grievances with Application of Technology (SWAGAT), in the category ‘Improving Transparency, Accountability and Responsiveness in Public Service’.

Gujarat is the only state in India to win the award for the second time.

[RamaY]

Mayawati makes Amethi part of new UP district

The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday created a new district called Chattrapati Shahuji Maharaj Nagar which would include Amethi, Congress leader, Mr Rahul Gandhi's Lok Sabha constituency.

"The state cabinet in its meeting chaired by Chief Minister, Ms Mayawati, has decided to restore district status to Chattrapati Sahuji Maharaj Nagar. It also decided to rename Kanpur Dehat as Ramabai Nagar district," an official spokesman said here.

The then BSP government had on December 17, 2002, accorded district status to Amethi Lok Sabha constituency, then represented by Congress chief, Ms Sonia Gandhi, and renamed it as Chatrapati Sahuji Maharaj Nagar.

The Chattrapati Shahuji Maharaj Nagar district had been carved out of Sultanpur district.

[kmkraoind]

Centre supports Karnataka against Maharashtra over Belgaum

[ShyamSP]

TDP leaders were visiting a dam project on Godavari. Police misdirected them and illegally arrested.

Maharashtra police 'fool' Chandrababu Naidu
http://newsofap.com/newsofap-20144-21-m ... sofap.html

In addition Maharastra government is abusing the TDP MLAs and MPs who are arrested. Horrible Congress governments in MH and AP.

1 room, 1 toilet for TD leaders
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/national ... eaders-008

[Airavat]

Pilgrims enroute to the Shri Amarnath Shrine in J&K.

[shravan]

India’s 71.4% vacancies filled through employment exchanges are in Gujarat

Gujarat has continued to be top in job placements notified through employment exchanges in India for the seventh consecutive year in 2009, Gujarat Government’s spokespersons ministers Jaynarayan Vyas and Saurabh Dalal said in Gandhinagar today.

As per the latest annual report of the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment, Gujarat provided jobs through the exchanges to 2.14-lakh people during 2009, as against that to 3.09-lakh in the entire country. This amounts to a whopping 71.4% of the total vacancies filled through employment exchanges.

Tamil Nadu that stood second in the country way behind Gujarat, provided jobs through exchanges to merely 22,000, Maharashtra came third with 10,800 and Andhra fourth with just 1,300 placements.

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Modi opens Raksha Shakti University:first diploma batch full

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Canada becomes first western nation to partner 'Vibrant Gujarat'

[Vipul]

Bihar heading to a revenue surplus.

[Hari Seldon]

Bihar heading to a revenue surplus.

Bravo.

Testament to the power of a few good men. They are all it takes to move mountains, or as in this case, modernize Bihar.

[Airavat]

Tribals and Muslims clash in South Rajasthan

A local gangster, Shahjad Saradi, had allegedly kidnapped and killed a tribal youth Mohan Lal Meena alias Monti on July 3. Although, police arrested Shahjad from Gujarat on July 9 the tribals were not happy and wanted to take revenge. According to eyewitnesses, the tribals were holding a meeting on Sunday but suddenly someone from the nearby houses belonging to minority community fired a shot in the air. Although police acted quickly and arrested Mohammed Sheikh and seized his .12 bore gun and a sword from him, it hurt the feelings of the tribals who gathered in huge numbers on Monday and attacked the basti of minorities.

The tribals set on fire over 22 houses in the town, prompting administration to impose curfew. Additional police personnel have been rushed from nearby districts though situation remains tense. Fearing more attacks, a large number people belonging to the minority community have taken refuge in Sarada police station.

[Sachin]

Fearing more attacks, a large number people belonging to the minority community have taken refuge in Sarada police station.

Dont want to sound like a riot-monger. But this seems to be a one of the odd cases (one in every hundred??) in which minority community is feeling the heat. It takes real fright for a large group to first try some dirty trick to provoke some one, and then run en-masse to the police station. Perhaps the tribals also don't know "secularism" etc. practised in the rest of the country, so decided to hit back in kind.

[RamaY]

Congress minister Botsa Satyanarayana demands that another 9 districts identified as backward

Recently 13 of 27 districts in Andhra Pradesh are announced as backward.

The telangana parties used this opportunity to push forward their separate Telangana demand as 9 out of those 13 districts fall in Telangana region.

Now this minister comes up with this request. If accepted it will weaken the separate Telangana demand as there will be a total of 13 backward districts in Andhra region Vs 9 in Telangana region.

This is how politicians make the line small without touching it.

The truth of the matter will be Andhra Pradesh state would have 22 districts identified as backward districts by center after 9 years of CBN's rule and 6 years of YSR's swarnaAndhraPradesh (golden Andhra).

Shameless indeed!

Note for BRFites - This is how the poverty indicators, backward status can be manipulated to achieve one's political ends. Extrapolate it to WB/IMF poverty indicators on TSP, India, and PRC.

[Raghavendra]

Cong membership down to 2.9 cr from 4 cr http://in.news.yahoo.com/20/20100816/14 ... rom_1.html

[sarkar]

Went to BlueDart today to send a courier to my sis in Kolkata. A rakhi gift, fastrack watch.
He told me that i have to first get the Road Tax. He said Road tax is necessary if sending anything above Rs. 499. So i guess this time no return gift for Rakhi.

Most of the eBay marketers also mention in their page that Goods will not be delivered in West Bengal.
Last year when i was in Kolkata, I tried to buy a Dell Laptop online but the customer care asked me if i could take the delivery in any other State than West Bengal.

Is West Bengal outside of India or what ??? May Be...
Guess the Left Govt's tax system is not matching with the rest of India

[derkonig]

Cong membership down to 2.9 cr from 4 cr http://in.news.yahoo.com/20/20100816/14 ... rom_1.html

Dwindling or not, it will be interesting to know the religious profile of the members.

[Airavat]

BJP edges past Congress in Rajasthan municipal elections

Principal Opposition in Rajasthan, the BJP, on Friday got a shot in the arm when it gained control of 57 of the 126 municipal bodies. The Congress was placed second with win in 49 municipal bodies while independents got the majority in the remaining 20.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot expressed satisfaction over the results, saying Congress, in the last elections, was in majority in 38 municipal bodies, while now it has emerged victorious in 49.

Talking to mediapersons, state BJP president Arun Chaturvedi said this is the first time that a ruling party got defeated in the municipal elections. “This clearly indicates that Congress was losing ground in the State,” he said. Chaturvedi claimed that nine independent chairpersons were their rebel candidates.

[Raghavendra]

Why does congress party send such stupid people from their party as governors? dont they have better people in their party, their governor in andhra used raj bhavan as prosititution camp and this guy is raising a stink in our raj bhavan, we are fed up with this guy, congress should recall this fool and send some other sane guy

Exceeding brief http://www.deccanherald.com/content/909 ... brief.html

''The governor should re-read the Constitution.''

The propensity that governor H R Bhardwaj has often displayed in acting whimsically and against the constitutional norms touched a new low in Mysore on Sunday. The hallowed University of Mysore has been rocked by a scandal with former vice-chancellor J Shashidhar Prasad being accused of committing irregularities in the recruitment of around 200 professors and readers during his tenure between 2003 and 2007. The matter was investigated by the Justice Rangavittalachar commission which found substance in the allegations and recommended penal action against Prasad. The state cabinet decided to initiate criminal proceedings against Prasad. But for some strange and inexplicable reason, when the university syndicate was about to take a decision on prosecuting Prasad, governor Bhardwaj wrote to the university asking it not to proceed against the former VC as, according to him, it would be ‘illegal’ under the Universities Act. Bhardwaj failed to explain under what provisions of the Act it would be illegal to prosecute a person prima facie found to be guilty, but the governor’s intervention did stall the criminal proceedings.

As student bodies and SC and ST organisations have continued to protest and demand action against Prasad, university vice-chancellor V G Talawar was looking into the matter afresh. On Sunday, Bhardwaj who was in Mysore, publicly berated the vice-chancellor for ‘insulting’ him and ‘setting the students’ against him. The governor even threatened to institute an inquiry against Talawar and block the flow of funds to the university. Bhardwaj put forward a strange logic that if the government were to act against one VC, “then all former VCs of all universities should be put behind bars.”

Bhardwaj’s reprehensible behaviour has lowered the dignity of his office. He should perhaps re-read the Constitution about the duties and limitations of a governor. In defending the indefensible and trying to protect an individual who is apparently under a cloud, Bhardwaj has gone beyond his brief. Whether Prasad is guilty or not guilty, it should be left for the courts of law to decide. Why is the governor going out his way to shield him? Bhardwaj holds the highest constitutional post in the state; its credibility is built on the incumbent’s impartial and non-political conduct. A governor’s words and deeds must not only be non-partisan but should also be seen being so. But in Mysore Bhardwaj failed to live up to the expectations of the Constitution. He needs to introspect and exercise restraint while discharging his duties.

[derkonig]

This is the same guy who as the Law Min in UPA-1 had proclaimed boldly that rajmata would have full access to union govt. ministry files in spite of her not holding any minister's post. Yep, BJP saved the day & the con party backtracked "officially".

[ramana]

Five judges and more lawyers caught cheating in LLM exams in Warangal, Andhra Pradesh.

LINK

If they had open book exams even then they might have failed.

[Vipul]

Chhattisgarh's GDP growth highest in 2009-10.

[ramana]

CITY | Monday, August 30, 2010 | Email | Print | | Back


Development drowns parochial noises

Sidharth Mishra

Your reporter for the past few days has been travelling through Bihar. To my utter surprise I have found a similarity between the intelligentsia of the national Capital and Bihar — impatience with the development projects.

Polls are about two months away but the State has already got into a poll hue. In fact, there is a surge among the political parties and ticket aspirants to paint and plaster the walls with writing and posters before the polls are announced. Once the code of conduct comes into being the whole poll process becomes colourless making it impossible for an outsider to know who is candidate in the poll and which party he belongs to.

Though there was a two-day strike of the public transport and trains running as per the irregular schedule, I could make it to the destinations as getting a taxi in Patna today is as easy as it is in Delhi. I recall during the Rabri Devi-Lalu Yadav regime booking a taxi was to be a project earnestly assigned in advance to a contact in Patna to ensure one got a bearable driver and workable vehicle at an affordable price.

Today, there is no paucity of workable vehicles, decent drivers and the prices are affordable, at par with the rates in the metropolitans. The contact in the hotel in fact boasted that he could get me a vehicle of my choice at maximum half-an-hour notice. I had to take the road to Sitamarhi, which till a point — Muzzafarpur — is probably the busiest and beyond that remained non-existent during four monsoon months.

This time around I could see the huge earth-movers with the placard of the known road making companies deployed on Patna-Muzzafarpur stretch, which is being made into six-lane highway. Beyond Muzzafarpur despite Gandak, Burhi Gandak and Baghmati rivers being in spate, I could make it to Sitamarhi, the birthplace of Sita, as several British era bridges have been repaired pending replacement.

The number of vehicles on the roads has visibly increased and there is of course a sense of security among everybody. The shops remain open till late in the evening and there is good business in the market. But these indicators of a sure- shot return of Nitish Kumar as the Chief Minister of the State after the next poll are negated when you talk to intelligentsia.

In fact newspaper reports on Sunday here had former Union Minister Ramvilas Paswan claiming that development was not a factor or how else did he lose in the last Lok Sabha poll. “What matters in Bihar is getting the social combination right,” Paswan claimed. Contrary to the general perception, the intelligentsia in Bihar is most caste-conscious.

Everybody who is educated and well-networked has a political ambition — if not the king at least be the kingmaker. Bihar being the karmabhoomi of Chanakya, playing the kingmaker is seen as no mean if not meaningful role. And the kingmakers have no qualms in talking openly about caste-configuration.

When you ask them, why they are so caste-conscious, they reply that they are not but the not-so-literate voter is. I have my doubts about this theorisation. If you ask them if development of the State and restoration of law and order was not an issue and caste alone would decide? They have a fantastic reply — Nitish Kumar has not been able to rise to the benchmark he set for himself.

When you talk of the several projects launched during Nitish Kumar’s regime, they are quick to point out the failure of several of these projects to meet the deadline. “He should have completed them before his term ends. Who knows whether he would get a second term or not,” is the common refrain. This kind of skepticism is also reflected in the local media which keeps going hammer and tongs on non-issues.

Such impatience of the intelligentsia on development issues is not very different from the reaction we get to see from the better-off in the national Capital. The infrastructure development related to the Commonwealth Games is a case in point. Those who have the ability to make a noise are shrieking the most in the national Capital on the projects not meeting the deadline.

Not many seem to be appreciating the fact that the Games related infrastructure coming up in the national Capital would not have been possible for the next 10 years had a big push not been given at this point of time. Only specter of the Games could set aside the innumerable objections put forth by the agencies like the Delhi Urban Arts Commission and Archaeological Survey of India.

But there is a lesson for Bihar to be learnt from Delhi. As in Delhi, in the past several elections, the silent majority has appreciated the initiatives taken for the cause of development, so in Bihar there should be an undercurrent for the progress which should overrun the more vocal caste concerns.

[chaanakya]

^^ It would be a sad day for Bihar if laloo rabri and ramvilas paswan come to power in next election.

A lost opportunity, indeed it would be.

But Intelligentsia and arm chair psephologists are going to eat crow. Rest assured Nitish will be re-elected.

[vera_k]

Bihar now 14th in growth rate

According to this, Bihar's farmers are going through tough times. Hopefully this is just due to the floods and droughts last year, but Lalu is likely to make a comeback seeing what happened after the last low point in 2003-04.

[rgsrini]

Three AIADMK cadres stunned at SC verdict
Justice prevails!!!
For those of you who don't know about this case, it happened right after Amma JJ was convicted in a criminal case in 2000. Murderous thugs belonging to AIADMK destroyed public property everywhere in TN as usual. 3 innocent young girls (students of TN Agri university) were burnt to death when these thugs burnt a bus in Coimbatore. Here is the Wiki link, containing the picture of the burning bus. Imagine 3 girls fighting for their lives inside that.

Hope the execution is carried out with full publicity soon.
RIP young kids! May peace be with the family and friends of the deceased!

[Raghavendra]

This is what we get for electing people alien from our culture, They end up abusing us and the fools in media call this insult as secularism

Much before PC, Sonia put 'saffron' taint on BJP http://in.news.yahoo.com/48/20100904/81 ... tai_1.html

[ramana]

Seminar Magazine issue on Karnataka:

http://www.india-seminar.com/2010/612.htm

[krisna]

India to conduct first caste census in 80 years

ndia will carry out its first caste census in 80 years, in a controversial decision that could define how political parties campaign for votes and help government schemes offering quotas to lower castes.

The census will take place after the ongoing population census in February is completed

Recording of caste was abandoned after Indian independence in 1947, to help smooth the growth of a secular state. Caste discrimination is banned under the constitution, but social barriers still lurk despite government mobility schemes.

"More caste-focused political players will emerge to meet the demands of each caste. Certainly this census will complicate Indian politics, further divide the country and polarise political parties," said social analyst N. Bhaskara Rao.

wonder what problems or solutions it will throw up-
there are more castes in BC/SC/ST category than independence.
more castes have been created.
how will politicians use this data to create more cacophony in our already crazy democrazy, gawd only knows.

[Neshant]

India's lost Buddhist university to rise from ashes

NEW DELHI (AFP) - Indian academics have long dreamt of resurrecting Nalanda University, one of the world's oldest seats of learning which has lain in ruins for 800 years since being razed by foreign invaders.

Now the chance of intellectual life returning to Nalanda has come one step closer after the parliament in New Delhi last month passed a bill approving plans to re-build the campus as a symbol of India's global ambitions.

Historians believe that the university, in the eastern state of Bihar, once catered for 10,000 students and scholars from across Asia, studying subjects ranging from science and philosophy to literature and mathematics.

Founded in the third century, it gained an international reputation before being sacked by Turkic soldiers and its vast library burnt down in 1193 -- when Oxford University was only just coming into existence.

Piles of red bricks and some marble carvings are all that remain at the site, 55 miles (90 kilometres) from Bihar's state capital of Patna.

"Nalanda was one of the highest intellectual achievements in the history of the world and we are committed to revive it," said Amartya Sen, the renowned economist and Nobel laureate who is championing the project.

"The university had 2,000 faculty members offering a number of subjects in the Buddhist tradition, in a similar way that Oxford offered in the Christian tradition," he said at a promotional event in New Delhi.

The new Nalanda University has been allocated 500 acres (200 hectares) of land near its original location, but supporters who have lobbied for the cause for several years admit that major funds are needed if Nalanda is to rise from the ashes.

"Income from a number of villages, and funds from kings, supported the ancient Nalanda. Now we have to look for donations from governments, private individuals and religious groups," said Sen.

Whatever the financial position, the need for more high-level educational institutes in India is clear.

With just 350 universities in a rapidly-developing country of nearly 1.2 billion people, the National Knowledge Commission recommends a staggering 1,500 new universities should be established in the coming decades.

Many wealthy Indian families send their children abroad to the United States, Australia and Britain to complete their education -- and graduates often never return home permanently.

Nalanda's backers believe it could help reverse the tide so that one day foreign students compete to attend Indian universities.

"The idea of setting up Nalanda again is brilliant but we need to understand the real essence of Nalanda. It embodied universality," said Phagun Pathak, a educationalist based in Delhi.

"Nalanda should be India's chance to open doors to international faculties and students," he told AFP.

Among those on the board of the Nalanda Mentor Group is Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo, who has said Buddhist groups in the wealthy city-state have shown interest in raising funds.

Other Buddhist groups in Japan and supporters in China are also being targeted for financial support.

It has been estimated that 500 million dollars will be required to build the new campus, with a further 500 million to improve the surrounding infrastructure in what is one of India's poorest regions.

For intellectuals, any new university bearing the Nalanda name will have a lot to live up to.

"In the history of universities and learning, Nalanda's name is sacred and its end was a tragic episode," said Ravikant Singh, a professor of history in a private college in Bihar.

"Everything was burnt down but its illustrious legacy has remained forever."

Other academics say the plans for Nalanda look to the future as much as to the past.

"Engaging with our neighbours through education and culture is the right way forward," said Chitra Sengupta, an international relation analyst at the Delhi University.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/100913/w ... on_history

[Airavat]

Christian-Muslim violence in Malerkotla, Punjab

[ramana]

Not true. Its the Muslims attacking Christians in retaliation to the koran burning in US.

[kittoo]

India to conduct first caste census in 80 years

ndia will carry out its first caste census in 80 years, in a controversial decision that could define how political parties campaign for votes and help government schemes offering quotas to lower castes.

The census will take place after the ongoing population census in February is completed

Recording of caste was abandoned after Indian independence in 1947, to help smooth the growth of a secular state. Caste discrimination is banned under the constitution, but social barriers still lurk despite government mobility schemes.

"More caste-focused political players will emerge to meet the demands of each caste. Certainly this census will complicate Indian politics, further divide the country and polarise political parties," said social analyst N. Bhaskara Rao.

wonder what problems or solutions it will throw up-
there are more castes in BC/SC/ST category than independence.
more castes have been created.
how will politicians use this data to create more cacophony in our already crazy democrazy, gawd only knows.

This reservation thing has completely destroyed the national fabric. It does wrong to not only those who don't get reservations, to those too who get it. Yesterday Gujjars in Rajasthan went violent asking it, today Jats in Haryana are doing it, tomorrow some other caste will do it. Muslims though are another class of their own who dont need to do anything and will still get it. What it entails for those who get it is thorough discrimination by others. I've seen it happening everywhere. I've seen reserved people being sent lower internal marks from many universities year after year, getting lower marks even when they had studies as good as anyone else, without any reasonable explanation. I remember that one ST guy, who was in first year then, of a state university told me that his ST seniors had told him that he will never get good enough marks. I laughed at that time and said that it wasn't going to be so. Met him a few days back and he is now in 4th year. He told me that his average internal marks being sent about 13-14 out of 20, while countless general guys were getting 18-19. Not only that, he almost wept while telling me that he worked so hard and every paper went so good and he still only got a final percentage of 60, while general guys were getting 75 average! What could I tell him?
This reservation thing needs to go. Absolutely, no question. It will destroy India completely.