What’s up with this “Hard work + Dreams + Dedication = SUCCESS” thing? Doesn’t “Protest + Blackmail” spell the same? Why do you and I even work hard for our future? We should learn something from Rajasthani Gujjars.
We should collect in groups and vandalize railway tracks whenever we feel like doing it for our selfish interests. Yes, let’s march to the nearest tracks and uproot them. Let’s spoil the Indian Railway’s routine, disturb the schedule, put 1000’s of running trains and the passengers into danger because it’s just not our business that by how much even a 10-second delay increases the possibility of accidents on the tracks. It won’t even be our fault but the government would be held responsible if anything unfateful happens. Because we are unemployed and we just want jobs by hook or crook so let’s just do it.
So what if the Indian Railways has to suffer a loss of over Rs. 100 crores? So what if the passengers travelling by the rail-route have to delay or perhaps even cancel their journey no matter what importance it holds in their lives right now? It should just be the government’s headache if the travelling kids that had to cancel their tickets, further protest for not being able to appear for their important examinations because of the delays. It should be the government’s trouble if any emergency takes place within the train-compartments and help cannot be provided because it’s just not my business.
If the Gujjars constitute 7% of Rajasthan’s population and can demand 5% reservation of seats in government jobs, and further succeed in doing so, I should do the same. The fact that 70+ other castes also coming under the OBC quota were even more backward than them is not the Gujjars’ problem. If they want reservation as well, let them protest for themselves just like the Gujjars did. The strategy is to get reservation in education and jobs equivalent to my caste’s share in the population. It’s not my responsibility to look into the matter if I actually deserve it or somebody else who deserves it gets the job or not. My ancestors couldn’t acquire jobs and were illiterate and I as the 21st century youth choose to be the same.
I am a citizen of India and my country’s constitution states that I am eligible to protest against anything that troubles me. I am a citizen who elects a government who is responsible to look after my economic needs. I am adamant to get a job and I can do whatever it takes to achieve that. The government will be obliged to hear what I say because it has to look equally after every sect of the society no matter how stupid and illegitimate their demands might be. It is their responsibility, not mine. Because I am a citizen who refuses to think logically but I am a citizen who deserves equality.
