The proposed reservations in IITs and IIMs being done by the Indian HRD ministry is like going back into the days of V.P. Singh and the Mandal commission back in 1990 when I was just in first year college. It is very discouraging to millions of young and qualified students who are not in the reserved category.
If one recalls watching 'India's Rajiv' by Simi Garewal you will recall the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi calling the Mandalisation of Indian politics as very "unfortunate". It is indeed a shame that the UPA government headed by the Congress party is doing virtually the same thing now as it opposed back in 1990.
I applaud the Indian science and technology minister Kapil Sibal for being vocal in his opposition to these proposed reservations even if he has broken his party's protocol. Politics in India need vocal leaders and not mute sycophants.
