आज़ादी की क़ीमत
आज़ादी की क़ीमत ख़ून नहीं है।
इतिहास के पन्ने मालिकों के नहीं,
ग़ुलामों के ख़ून से लाल हैं।
उग आयीं दो और आँखें।
हवाओं में बहेलिये की आसन्न आहट सुनते हुए कान।
हड्डियों में समाती हुई बदनतोड़ अनवरत थकन।
The wooden horse of reservation !
One thing common to almost all the front line pro-quota arguments is an image of one affluent, well educated, greedy boy and another of the most underprivileged, oppressed guy you can imagine and as you can very well guess, the first one carries the label upper cast and the other one OBC/SC/ST. Please note the second label, it is not SC/St or OBC. It is SC/ST/OBC. This is an ad that has sold its product like no other. It sells you reservation. In oppressed, it manages to create anger, in well to do upper cast, it manges to create a sense of guilt and they all buy the idea of reservation that would help the underprivileged kid get his due share from the bad guy. And the the get busy, get along with life, bothering little to ask what happened to the poor kid. I don't need to tell you what happened, you already know if you care to think beyond your false sense of having done something. It is the same story that is repeated any number of times everyday on every red light crossing of...
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