Comments on: Fighting for Backwardness http://www.somethingaboutthelaw.com/2007/05/31/fighting-for-backwardness/ Musings on India, the law, and policy Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:26:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Arun http://www.somethingaboutthelaw.com/2007/05/31/fighting-for-backwardness/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Arun Fri, 01 Jun 2007 10:42:57 +0000 http://thesocialblog.wordpress.com/2007/05/31/fighting-for-backwardness/#comment-35 Perhaps, one of the strongest arguments raised against caste-based reservation has been the fact that the system merely perpetuates the very institution affirmative action seeks to uplift. It is indeed deplorable to see communities using violence as a mode to demand inclusion among the SC/ST category. However,one also needs to understand that such a fight for backwardness in many instances can also be easily mis-imputed in a genuine appeal for social and economic upliftment; this is of course, independent of the Gujjar issue. It is important that we distinguish between such movements, their underlying causes, motive and the community's condition in society. Perhaps, one of the strongest arguments raised against caste-based reservation has been the fact that the system merely perpetuates the very institution affirmative action seeks to uplift.

It is indeed deplorable to see communities using violence as a mode to demand inclusion among the SC/ST category. However,one also needs to understand that such a fight for backwardness in many instances can also be easily mis-imputed in a genuine appeal for social and economic upliftment; this is of course, independent of the Gujjar issue. It is important that we distinguish between such movements, their underlying causes, motive and the community’s condition in society.

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