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Wednesday, Jun 23, 2004

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Reservation issue

Sir, — A hue and cry has been raised over reservation in the private sector. Even in the capitalist U.S., there are laws to protect Blacks against discrimination in employment. Hence to argue that reservation in the private sector will dampen the `quality' of India Inc. is nothing but prejudice against the marginalised.

P. Venkatesh,
Salem, T.N.

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Sir, — It is wrong to assume that reservation compromises merit. The present system of assessing meritorious candidates has helped only the `upper' caste people, who constitute a very small percentage of the population. Reservation for the OBCs, the SCs and the STs will only enlarge the area of selection. Quota will in fact prove to be a boon to entrepreneurs.

R.R. Kubendran,
Chennai

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Sir, — Reservation will kill merit, competitiveness and ultimately the business enterprise itself. If politicians are bent on enlarging their shrinking vote-banks through reservation, many existing jobs will migrate to other countries. In fact, the time now is for all employers to have the freedom to fire employees without giving them any notice if they do not perform.

R.P. Rammohan,
Hyderabad

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