House no 21 & 22.
Rahul and Parv respectively.
They were best of friends.
For years they studied in the same school Maharishi Vidya Mandir.
Rahul always stood first and Parv stood first from the bottom. Always.
Each time results would be out, House no 21 & 22 would burst into a great deal of commotion. Celebration and Irritation respectively.
For years Rahul felt bad for Parv. He would pray day and night for Parv’s marks.
Parv himself prayed day and night for his marks.
But alas, God being God didnt pay much attention.
Rahul went on to top his city in boards and Parv went on to fill up supplementaries.
Everytime Rahul’s celebration was marred by his best friends plight.
But what could they do.
Then one day they both sat for IIT entrance exams.
Exactly one month later results were out.
Rahul didnt get through, Parv did.
Parv went on to complete his engineering.
Later sat for IAS examination. Cleared them.
Today Rahul is a peon in the office of Parv who is now a district majestrate.
You must be wondering what really happened….ohhhhh I forgot to tell you something Parv belonged to the SC/ST quota in India….so now read the story again in the light of this knowledge.
For those of you who didnt get it…..its my best attempt to scorn reservations :/ :/
My heart felt condolonces to rahul and his family… A very well brought out point.. If we have an army of such talented officers m sure we’ll b competing with syria and sudan in no time!!!!
Oh! I was wondering what happened, some magic fairy granted some wishes but no our lame government did…
Very well written…
U can create 100 stories like dis but of no use. One can not hold forever. Chnage is d law of nature. Hope u r getting.
Something i believe would stay with Indian Society for years to come. The fact that we all disregard but most of us follow…beautifully drafted thought.
Sometimes extreme examples donn’t justify the argument. Policies are made for mass not for indivisuals.
@brat thanks for the appreciation i agree it will stay but we need to oppose
@deepak its examples of everyday life here, a reservation where economic standards of a person is of no relevance but his caste is- its discrimination, situations have changed; even ambedkar had propounded that they must remain only upto a certain year, but politicians took it like a votebank tactics and only enhanced it. i stick to it a reservation model only considering economic status as a criteria is acceptable rest all is obsolete in todays world.