Youth for Equality
Most of you might be aware of the strike against reservations by students in India. There is an official site for the students who are on strike. The site is called Youth for Equality. The site has details all about the protest and upcoming events that are being organized at different places. So if any one of you are interested in participating in any event check the site for more details. The image on the left is the logo of YFE, with each color having a meaning such as Black - Protest, Red - Labour, Yellow - Merit, White - Non-Violence and fist meaning unity and strength. It is really disheartening to see the way the police had treated the students who were on stike at the photo gallery. There is also a petition which will be sent to the President of India. If interested, you can sign the petition here. This is a petition requesting the President of India to advise the government against the shortsighted decision on reservations for OBC's.
Interestingly you can see a list of blogs for different regions to inform people about the happening in their city. This is to enable the people in that city to join the protest if they are interested. As per this site there are a few events organized in certain parts of U.S also.
(Pic Courtesy - YFE)
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posted by KK @ 2:30 PM
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2 Comments:
At June 03, 2006 1:10 PM,
Anonymous said…
For a different view, please see:
http://svaradarajan.blogspot.com/2006/06/caste-matters-in-indian-media.html
The Hindu / 3 June 2006
Caste matters in the Indian media
If television and newspaper coverage of the anti-reservation agitation was indulgent and one-sided, the lack of diversity in the newsroom is surely a major culprit.
Siddharth Varadarajan
At June 05, 2006 9:16 AM,
KK said…
@Siddharth Varadarajan
Very nice article. I agree with your views too. I am not pro to Anti-reservation or pro to the reservation that exists now. I would like the reservation system in India to be reformed according to the current situations than based on caste alone.
To me it does not feel good to do reservation based on caste. I feel reservation based on economic background, place (plus other factors) of a student is more apt than just caste. I feel reservation should be given to non-OBC students from corporation schools than for a dalit student from a convent. Similarly reservations should be given for a student from rural background than for a student from a urban background, because the student from a rural background does not have the exposure that a urban student has.
I feel doing this way some day we might reach equality amongst all sectors of people.
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