[Reader-list] reservation on the moon

[Shivam Vij शिवम् विज्]

Deja vu! This had been circulating around the time of the perverse
"Mandal II" anti-Shudra agitation. At the time Aditya Raj Kaul would
most likely have circulated something like this. But now, Kirdar Singh
ji, you have included 5 Kashmiri migrants, so you've got an
unenthusiastic response from ARK.

Anyway, the old version of this tale that seeks to illuminate us about
merit over social justice, was posted on this list by Yousuf back
then. See http://readerlist.freeflux.net/blog/archive/2006/05/24/reader-list-reservation-on-the-moon.html

The old list went thus:

35 - Brahmins (all sub-castest and communities)
30 - Baniyas (all sub-castest and communities)
20 - Kshatria (all sub-castest and communities)
11 - all other upper castes
2 - OBCs
1 - SCs
1 - STs
0 - Astronauts

I had replied this, back then, thus:
http://readerlist.freeflux.net/blog/archive/2006/05/28/re-reader-list-reservation-on-the-moon.html

My list:

35 - Brahmins (all sub-castes and communities)
30 - Baniyas (all sub-castes and communities)
20 - Kshatria (all sub-castes and communities)
11 - all other upper castes
2 - OBCs
1 - SCs
1 - STs
0 - Astronauts

best
shivam



On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 4:21 PM, kirdar singh <kirdarsingh at gmail.com> wrote:
> Manmohan Singh said to George Bush - "We are sending Indians to the
> moon next year".
>
> Bush - "Wow! How Many?"
>
> Manmohan Singh - "about 100 - and in the following order:
>
> 25 - OBC
>
> 25 - SC
>
> 20 - ST
>
> 5 - Handicapped
>
> 5 - Sports Persons
>
> 5 - Terrorist Affected
>
> 5 - Kashmiri Migrants
>
> 9 - Politicians
>
> and if possible
>
> 1 - Astronaut
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