Caste Reservation Advantages And Disadvantages

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Sree Narayana Guru’s ideals and concepts got its own importance even in today’s society. His aims were realized to some extent even if some of them were deviated from its motive. Guru’s thought of equality accelerated the process of reservation among the common masses. Today the reservation quota’s are here in every employment and educational sectors that promotes the equal status of peoples. It is much helpful to the fellow beings for their economical and cultural development. Like everything, it also got some negatives. When the caste reservation reached its peak stage, it begins to act its evil side. When the ‘once suppressed group’ got chances and privileges, the so call forward communities which are few numbers begin to suffer. If we give water and fertilizers to an ill plant for a long time, avoiding other plants then it will become the strongest while the ‘once healthy plant’ will lose its strength and abilities. Even though I belong to Ezhava caste, am saying this because of the pathetic conditions of the forwarded communities. Reservation should aim at the development of needed one’s, not the whole that belongs to lower caste. Once it was needed because of our life conditions and cultural degradation. The reservation should b practiced on the basis of the financial ability, not by belongings of any caste. Guru quoted “Do …show more content…

It is true that Guru belongs to Ezhava community, but it doesn’t means he acted only for the betterment of his own community. He always aimed at the common good and he never wished to b part of any particular caste. He said as bovinity is proclaimed to cow is same as humanity is to human beings. He believed there is only one caste among humans and it is the humanity

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