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Monday, Jun 19, 2006

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Rational approach

Veerappa Moily, chairman of the Oversight Committee for implementation of 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in central education institutions, has a rational and mature approach to the issue (OP-ED, June 17). The manner in which Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh went about the issue embarrassed the Government besides leading to agitations and protests. Mr. Moily, on the other hand, has done his homework, thus controlling the damage done by Mr. Singh's handling of the issue.

M.M. Gurbaxani,
Bangalore

A solution to the reservation issue seems to be in sight. But what do our leaders propose to do about the problems faced by rural schools, which produce the so called-reserved category? They are still away from the media spotlight. If students are to be given reserved seats in the topmost institutions of India, they should be given adequate facilities to equip themselves from the basic level.

Aswathy Gopalakrishnan,
Ernakulam, Kerala

An amicable, reasonable and logical way out of the reservation imbroglio can be found, provided the politicians are willing. Those claiming reservation should declare that their sons and daughters will not claim it. Secondly, politicians should stop adding community after community to the list of SCs, STs, and OBCs.

R. Ramachandran,
Chennai

Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Meira Kumar's statement that in view of an increase in the population of SCs, the Government is considering an increase in their reservation percentage from 15 to 16.23 has added fuel to fire. When will our politicians stop complicating an already complex situation?

Jeyshree Jayaraman,
Coimbatore

Though I opposed the Mandal Commission recommendations as a student, I now support reservation for the OBCs. The current debate is taking place in the context of globalisation, where most of the young in India are looking forward to working for global companies, and are not dependent on government jobs.

It is only fair that the OBCs be given extra opportunity for education and progress. It is trite for medical students to oppose reservation when they are already the elite of the educational system, and most of them are hoping to emigrate abroad.

Manohar Reddy,
Bakersfield, California

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