The title of editorial for Monday's edition of TOI read , "Its bad time to be a Muslim". But as far as India is concerned, it must have been "Its bad time to be a Student from Open Category"!

What else can you think of when you see students from prestigious Colleges being subjected to atrocities, more suited for hardened Criminals? And what is their crime? That they are demanding equal opportunities for all, based on merit, irrespective of one's caste or creed. According to our politicos and self proclaimed messiah's of backward classes, this is a grave OFFENCE! Graver than multi-crore scams, corruption, scandals, riots, all of which are orchestrated by those very same politicians. Heart bleeds when you see, on one hand, Students being Lathi charged and Tear gased, while on the other hand, criminals like Lalu Prasad Yadav (He is not fit to be a politician in the first place!) getting acquited of all charges levelled against him or a corrupt person like Bangaru Laxman getting out on bail!
The irony however is the fact that, these people, most of whom haven't even completed their basic schooling and who can't even tell the difference between an IIT and an IIM are given the power of charting our future!

16,000 crore! Thats the amount of moolah that is being spent on implementing the 27% hike in the OBC quota! Imagine what can be done with that kind of cash! New universities of the calibre of DU and MU can be established! Innumberable new schools providing free primary education can be setup! Tourism can be given a boost. Defence of this country can be beefed up. Infrastructure can be given a much needed overhaul. Farmers can be given financial grants which will indirectly help in curbing their suicide rate. Scores of homeless can be provided with free accomodation. The list can go on. But for our Politicos, all these things sound trivial. For them, implementation of QUOTA is of foremost importance!

But, at the end of the day, it is for the people of this country to understand that, using the policy of Divide and Rule, these politicians are trying to create a situation of civil unrest in the nation, just to secure their vote bank! They don't care for India. Their only motive is to fill their personal cash coffers with as much wealth as they can. Giving socially oppressed an equal opportunity by providing reservations in IHL (Institutes of Higher Learning) is just an alibi for doing this.

What is needed as of now is a complete revival of our Country's political system. Though this may seem far fetched, it is certainly not impossible. Or the day isn't far when we will be counted amongst the poor African Nations!!