Just got a call from my sister. She was mad, like real mad.
She wants to get into fashion but you know the traditional orthodox parents of
mine want her to get into a career with less risks like for example doctor. She
is least interested in it I can tell but she has been groomed in such a way, she
has accepted that she too wants to become a doctor. Not a new thing; most of
the children in India do that- believing and accepting to do what their parents
want to do and forget what their inner self strives for.
She is a very talented person. She writes, paints, designs
and what not. She is confused what to do next and that is ok as every child at
her age is in that phase. She wants to write a novel, she wants to become a
fashion designer, she wants to be a painter and she wants to be a doctor too!
That’s crazy I know but the environment has molded her wants that she could
not distinguish between hers and others
desire of her future. Hence she forcibly made her parents wish as her duty to
fulfill.
Well this was supposed to be about the call and not what
happens in typical Indian families. Hehe. So I got a call from her in the
morning. It was unusual because we don’t talk much. Its not that we aint close,
we discuss more than what sisters do. It’s just I am not that a talking person.
I believe in talking when it's really needed to discussed. Gone are those days where I
talked for hours in vain.
She called me cause she was upset. I was happy that she called
me. Anybody would have been. We all know that if somebody is calling when he is
upset then the person to whom the call goes is very close. So why was she upset? The reason is funny and
grave at the same time. As I already said she wanted to step into the fashion
world so I advised her to fill the form of NIFT. She did. She appeared for the
exam too. She dint get into. She was sad. But my parents were successful in
proving that this was not something she wanted to be in her life so instead of
being sad start preparing vigorously for MBBS.
She wasn’t upset today that she dint get into. She was upset
because a friend of her securing six marks less got the admission. She was
shocked and surprised and angry. This is not fair. We all would agree. She
could not be less happy for her friend but I could feel the frustration in her
voice. She was mad, mad at the government and its stupid policies and
reservations. When you are treating every individual equal then why the
reservations?
people deserving seats were left and the ones with less
qualification/merit gets the spot.
Our family did not believe in caste system hence we don’t
have our surnames suffixed to our names. You have no idea what we have gone
through because of our names, officially and unofficially! We get different
response like, some make fun, some get surprised, some praise, some laugh at,
some doubt, some judge and the list goes on…
We are Brahmins and we are paying heavily for that. I am talking in the context of reservation of seats, may it be parliament, government jobs, school and college seats competitions etc. Any person who falls in the general category could relate. Neither I am against any particular caste nor I am in favor of any caste, its just if
government wants to treat every one as equal it should do so. Can't the
government see that by reserving seats the less qualified ones takes the place of
those who actually deserved it.
