[Reader-list] Shame on IITs

[Ranjith Thankappan]

I wonder how powerful  the treatise of casteism is!!  the fear of the Dalit still remains in the minds of these dikus even if they become IIT professors. Merit is a brahmanic myth in the Indian context; it s constructed out of the fear of the downtrodden. Just check out history to find out why the British introduced third class. It s the sons and daughtors of the generation of these "upper" caste morons who could not pass exams to become clerks, now talk tall about merit. what a pity!!  if the so called +3500 years old literate tradition could not make these "upper" castes get a passmark, how could they unashamedly talk about merit in the same vein? that is the magic of casteism/brahminsm and its trivial tricks. Let us all unit to emancipate these brahmin-banias from the clutches of brahminsm and its false consiousness



----- Original Message ----
From: Baruk S. Jacob <b_a_r_u_k at yahoo.com>
To: sarai <reader-list at sarai.net>; Ranjith Thankappan <ranjit_hcu at yahoo.co.in>
Sent: Friday, 18 July, 2008 12:08:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Shame on IITs

Hi Ranjith,

Read the article with interest-I am in the strange position of having seen both sides of the reservation debate, and am yet to really make up my mind. A snippet caught my eye, though, 

"IIT-Delhi professor Pankaj Jalote said reservation for students had to be viewed differently from faculty reservation. In case of students, he said, there is no compromise on the quality of education. "But if selection of faculty is done on anything else but merit, it will affect education,"

Do you disagree with this? 

Regards,

~Baruk

http://bottlebroke.blogspot.com


--- On Fri, 7/18/08, Ranjith Thankappan <ranjit_hcu at yahoo.co.in> wrote:

> From: Ranjith Thankappan <ranjit_hcu at yahoo.co.in>
> Subject: [Reader-list] Shame on IITs
> To: "sarai" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> Date: Friday, July 18, 2008, 8:37 AM
> hi
> Few days back Manuwadi director (former) of IIT Madras made
> a comment “'HRD minister has injected AIDS into
> IITs” (Please visit this link for news
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai/HRD_minister_has_injected_AIDS_into_IITs/articleshow/3176486.cms)
> 
>  
> these are the kind of "meritorious" Directors
> available to IITs. No wonder IITs produce IT koolies for
> the developed world and degraded to the extent of
> brahmanism. what a shame!!
> regards
> 
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