Tag: reservation

  • Gandhi’s Harijans: The Misunderstood Sect

    Gandhi’s Harijans: The Misunderstood Sect

    By Anmol Kaur Bawa, Symbiosis Law College, Pune. HARIJANS AND THEIR SOCIAL DISABILITIES: The term “harijan” is not Gandhi’s coinage. The name was suggested by several untouchable correspondents who contended the usage of the word “asprishya” meaning literally “untouchable” in the pages of “Navjivan”.  Harijan means “man of god”. All the religions of the world…

  • Quem retenemento-Reservation For Whom?

    By Mohammad Anas, Aligarh Muslim University, Kerala. Reservation! A debatable topic that has always been and shall always be an issue of concern in our country. This number game is harming the society more than it is benefiting us. The idea of caste based reservation system was envisioned by William Hunter and Jyotirao Phule in various forms…

  • The Quota System: Is it abiding by the Ideals of Equality?

    By Prerna Tara, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun. India is the main vote based system on the planet that made unequivocal protected also legitimate procurements for compensatory separation, famously known as reservations, for the progression of the truly discouraged and socially retrogressive areas of the general public. It has been striving to strike a harmony…