Mr. Tewatia,
The metaphor was not at all appropriate and i say that with enough conviction.
there aint any substance behind saying that the noise making people are handful.
Please also be reminded that the people who are anti-reservation(as you categorised us) are not fools , they are equally capable , thinking and compassionate about the society , about OUR caste ( if you may want to hear OUR and caste).
For sure no body has denied the little benefits that you might be reaping out of an option that might come for free.
One does not need to me masters in economics , instead only need a bit of common sense that having a free option like reservation in the worst case is like not having it.
And I guess you at least appreciate that we do know this much at least or at least we posess that bit of common sense at least( I hope so!).
Coming to the practicality and Materialistic realms , it is only because of excess of such things that we are at our present scenario.
I am not sure what people are trying to put forward while saying charity begins at home and they put forward only their caste , they can be greedy for this etc etc.
You wiped out my arguments in purely sarcastic sense of integrated and holistic development, but do you realise that those are the actual needs of the hour?
Would you apprecaite our country going forward or only our cast?
Would you appreciate honour killing because our caste demands so ?
How can one be progressive enough in neglecting cetrain things and not move on on others.
In such globalised , highly competitive world , do not you interact with others ( other caste , other religions , other nations ? ).
Is the opportunity cost of raging an agitation for getting the reservation , blocking roads , destroying property ( which is bound to happen , because thats only being practial and in the materialistic realms of all things ) worth setting an example??
Please be aware that for practical applications of your ideas , you have to come out and be a part of the agitation that will be raised. Are you willing to do that? If not , then please dont hide behind the practilities.
And we are not stone hearted people ( and this statement is on behalf of the so called "anti-reservation group" of yours) , we do not have any personal hatred agains our brothers and sisters
, so there is no concrete reason for our heart not yearning for them ( as compared to you).
Infact the supporter of integrated and holisitic development , would of course include them as well ? Dont it would?
Please dont use words like down trodden , poor , reservation needy words for our fellowmen , and if you do , dont think that mere reservation is gonna remove all this just like a magic wand.
WE might not be as learned as you , we might not be as practical as you , but i am sure we will not owe to the coming generations.
And this i am very sure of.
Get a time series of the percentage of people in favour of reservation on Y-axis and time on X-axis , I am pretty sure , its an decreasing function of time.
Conclusion is that there will be less number of people going forward supporting these practicalities and materialistic realms!
We all will for sure owe to the nect generation for amking an mockery of ourselves and our own people over this issue.