Vaibhav Kharat The recent notification by the UPSC, inviting applications for 45 lateral entry posts at the levels of Joint Secretary, Director, and Deputy Secretary across 24 Union government ministries, has reignited the toxic debate of meritocracy vs reservation. The government’s promotion of lateral entry as a tool to bring in fresh talent and expertise …
How UPSC snatched 3 IAS seats from SC to reserve them for upper castes?
S Kumar Three IAS seats may look small in the total of 1099 finally selected candidates but let’s look at statistics to understand how big 3 IAS seats are. A total of about 11 Lac candidates applied for the UPSC Civil Services 2016 examination and finally, 1099 successful candidates were selected. Every applicant applying …
Reserved about Reservation
Periyar Bhim Vemula I had an interesting conversation on Facebook, triggered by a small LinkedIn post that I shared on the social media website. The article was related to how Tina Dabi, the first rank holder in India’s qualifying exam for its civil services, was a beneficiary of ‘reservation,’ a mode of positive discrimination …
Euphoria and Caste: Ambedkarite Movement Seeks Annihilation of Dead Culture
Dr. Narendra Kumar Arya I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.~ B.R. Ambedkar, Writings And Speeches “Freedom of mind is the real freedom. A person whose mind is not free though he may not be in chains, is a slave, not a free man. One …
Caste in the Armed Forces: Some direct questions
A Kumar 20th August 2014. I received a call letter from the Indian Air Force informing me that I have cleared the NDA/NA(1) 2014 examination conducted by the almighty UPSC. As per my choice I was called for AFSB. AFSB Day 1: Screening Test I cleared the screening test and was selected for a …