Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Monday, 3 December 2018

Divide Quota ? To rule Raj ?




Yesterday , Maharashtra Assembly passed ( unanimously ) a bill providing a quota of 16 % to the MARATHA community


Under a new category called , “  Socially Backwards “
That raised the total of quotas to 68 % ( including earlier 52 % okayed by the Supreme Court )


Not content with the “ Vote Gathering Impact “ of this “ Reform “ , Shri Fadnavis said :







What with 2019 elections looming large , it is only a matter of time before,


#   Gujarat tries to be one-up and grants 20 % quota to the PATIDARs


#   Haryana betters Gujarat by allotting 25 % quota to the JATs




If the States can compete with each other for improving their respective ranks on “ Ease of doing Business “ , then why not let them compete on “ Please of getting Votes “ ?



Of course , that would mean that soon , we would have BACKWARD communities cornering 100 % quotas – leaving nothing for FORWARD communities  !



To overcome this “ Tyranny of Arithmetic “ , I suggest following “ Skullduggery of Social Statistics



Let us introduce a NEW category with another 100 % quotas for “ FORWARD COMMUNITIES “ , under which to allot :


·         15 %  to    Socially Forward “ communities of   Parsis and Punjabis


·         15 %  to    Economically Forward “ communities of Marwaris and Gujaratis



·         15 %  to    Educationally Forward  “ communities of Marathis and Keralites


·         15 %  to    Culturally Forward “ communities of Bengalis and Biharis



·         15 %  to    Religiously  Forward “ communities of  Ayodhyawasis and Babri-Niwasis


·         25 %  to    Politically  Forward   communities of  Kashmiris and Naxalites



Now , my above suggestion on  % age  distribution of quotas among “ FORWARD COMMUNITIES  “ category , must not make those lose hearts who are still uncovered !


Being the world-class experts at “ SOCIALLY DIVISIVE NOMENCLATURES “ , we have invented terminologies such as :


#    UMG  [ Upper  Middle  Class ]

#    LMG   [ Lower  Middle  Class ]

#    HNI  [  High Net Worth Individuals , aka “ Stinking Rich “  ]

#    BPL  [  Below Poverty Line  ]

#    EWS  [  Economically Weaker Sections  ]

#    MIG  [  Middle Income Group  ]

#    LIG   [  Low Income Group  ]

#    Creamy  Layer  …………. Etc



Given the political ingenuity of our Netas , I am certain that they will figure out dozens of methods to circumvent the Supreme Court dictate and succeed in ( may be ) granting 20 – 25 % reservation quota to any minority / majority group , bold enough to ask for it !



Why can’t we have 1600 % quotas to satisfy everyone ?



After all , it was we Indians who invented the concept of ZERO  !


So , let us add as many ZEROs as we want  !


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03  Dec  2018


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