“I wish I could have been there to take the lathis; it’s a matter of pride to speak out for the Nation” . These aren’t the words of a freedom fighter during the British-Raj. These are the words of a young, educated student of a reputed engineering college in Mumbai. He regrets that he couldn’t be there for the peaceful protest which was showered by Lathis by the police on 13th May.

It’s this very spirit that has spread across the country’s youth to fight against the dreadful policy that threatens their future career. I would not like to deliberate upon the pros and cons of the reservation policy; because as I write this, already the educated, sensible and rational citizen of this country have taken a stand against it.

After the freedom struggle, there has been no agitation by students that has been as widespread as this one. Students from the medical institutions, premium institutions like the IITs, IIMs, and now even those from other non-medical streams are a part of it.

When you look closer, you realize how, many of these students reflect the future of the nation. They are the very doctors, engineers, managers, entrepreneurs, reformers, economists, social workers, who will consitute the face of this nation.

In fact, the very alumni of these insitutions who support the agitation are the people who have brought this nation where it is now.

No, it wasn’t just the economic reforms by Mr Manmohan Singh which made India as developed as it is today. It was also because of private organizations like the Tata Group, the Birla group, Reliance industries, Infosys, Wipro. The employees of such organizations are products of educational institutions from throughout the country.

The people of the nation, moreover, the gOI (government here surely doesn’t deserve a capital g) needs to look back into the facts and see who put this nation on the global map.

Does a respectable professional from medicine deserve to be treated like a ranting, not-so-important, violent agitator. A nation like ours, with a respectable PM like manmohan singh should realize the difference between just-another-protest and a protest by the educated youth of India.

I’m truly a fan of President Kalam - a successful scientist; a skillful orator and moreover - A VISIONARY OF MODERN INDIA. We have listened to his appeals to the youth and most of us have even heard/read his motivating speeches.

I donot understand how a person of such high intellect doesn’t see the distortion in his ‘Vision’ of a better India that can be caused due to ‘Reservations’.

“What actions are most excellent? To gladden the heart of a human being, to feed the hungry, to help the afflicted to lighten the sorrow of the sorrowful and to remove the wrongs of injured…“

- President APJ Kalam

We are injured Mr Kalam, please remove the wrongs!

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