WEBVTT 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:03.997 In this monologue, I'm going to talk about two topics because they're sort of 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:06.957 uh running parallel right now. One is a 00:00:07.040 --> 00:00:10.077 suggestion for reservation reform 00:00:10.160 --> 00:00:12.797 Andolan and the other one is this 48 00:00:12.880 --> 00:00:15.917 hour ultimatum that CJP I don't call 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:17.757 them cockroach. I have another name for 00:00:17.840 --> 00:00:20.317 them that also starts with the letter C 00:00:20.400 --> 00:00:23.677 and ends with the letter A. And uh there 00:00:23.760 --> 00:00:26.237 is a very definite connect I believe 00:00:26.320 --> 00:00:28.557 between all these lumpins like 00:00:28.640 --> 00:00:33.677 congressmen and uh the CJP and also amadi party they'll unite for something 00:00:33.760 --> 00:00:37.437 and then they'll divide in case they need to divide their vote share or 00:00:37.520 --> 00:00:40.637 whatever. So first let's talk about 00:00:40.720 --> 00:00:43.357 reservation reform party. So first thing 00:00:43.440 --> 00:00:45.677 that needs to be done I think this is 00:00:45.760 --> 00:00:47.757 across the line because you have to 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:50.637 ensure that the merit is kept at a 00:00:50.720 --> 00:00:53.117 certain level. You can't have situations 00:00:53.200 --> 00:00:56.237 where there are applicants and they are 00:00:56.320 --> 00:01:00.157 from the reservation category and because there are applicants so then 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:04.077 what happens is you keep lowering the bar for the number of marks they get in 00:01:04.160 --> 00:01:06.637 an entrance exam to the extent that it 00:01:06.720 --> 00:01:09.037 even goes into negative territory that 00:01:09.120 --> 00:01:11.677 cannot happen so what needs to happen is 00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:14.397 I think there's already a certain number 00:01:14.480 --> 00:01:16.957 that people have arrived at I think the 00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:20.237 number is 40% or 30% below the topper 00:01:20.320 --> 00:01:23.517 number let's say that the top mark in an 00:01:23.600 --> 00:01:28.237 exam is 299 out of 300. Now, how low 00:01:28.320 --> 00:01:30.877 should the threshold be? Well, there are 00:01:30.960 --> 00:01:32.717 some metrics that Indian government has 00:01:32.800 --> 00:01:35.357 found in the past and I think it is 30% 00:01:35.440 --> 00:01:39.117 or 35% of the top number. Let's say 40%. 00:01:39.200 --> 00:01:43.837 Easy, right? 40%. 40% of 299 would come 00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:45.197 to something. You do the math, right 00:01:45.280 --> 00:01:48.397 guys? It's it's almost uh 120. Let's say 00:01:48.480 --> 00:01:51.437 119. 119 is the cutff. Let's say there 00:01:51.520 --> 00:01:54.797 are only 20 reservation students who are 00:01:54.880 --> 00:01:57.277 crossing that 119. Then what happens to 00:01:57.360 --> 00:01:59.277 the remaining 80 seats that may be 00:01:59.360 --> 00:02:01.917 reserved? Well, those things need to go 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:04.637 into the general category. And from the 00:02:04.720 --> 00:02:07.357 last number that made it from you just 00:02:07.440 --> 00:02:09.597 work your way down and give it to them. 00:02:09.680 --> 00:02:12.397 Now simultaneously what needs to happen 00:02:12.480 --> 00:02:16.157 is you need to have the schedule cast 00:02:16.240 --> 00:02:20.397 schedule drive the reservation category students go through some kind of a 00:02:20.480 --> 00:02:22.877 quality improvement program so that if 00:02:22.960 --> 00:02:25.517 they make this number in the next 6 00:02:25.600 --> 00:02:27.837 months or in the next one year they can 00:02:27.920 --> 00:02:30.397 take this exam multiple times then they 00:02:30.480 --> 00:02:33.437 can qualify for the next year. this 00:02:33.520 --> 00:02:36.077 needs to happen that means that entrance 00:02:36.160 --> 00:02:38.717 exams could be taken multiple times like 00:02:38.800 --> 00:02:41.757 the way SAT is and then you decide which 00:02:41.840 --> 00:02:44.477 way this needs to be progressed. So that 00:02:44.560 --> 00:02:47.197 is as far as making sure that general 00:02:47.280 --> 00:02:50.477 category students will come in plus also 00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:52.797 making sure that a certain threshold for 00:02:52.880 --> 00:02:54.637 all courses is maintained. So that's 00:02:54.720 --> 00:02:57.837 first part. Next thing is how do you 00:02:57.920 --> 00:03:01.837 avoid people from committing suicide because they are not measuring up to a 00:03:01.920 --> 00:03:03.997 particular course. Well, this is an easy 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:07.277 thing to solve. What you do is you put 00:03:07.360 --> 00:03:09.917 prerequisites for the so-called tough 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:12.637 courses. If you put prerequisites, then 00:03:12.720 --> 00:03:17.597 everybody has to take that prerequisite exam. This is when the student is 00:03:17.680 --> 00:03:19.597 already enrolled in a university like an 00:03:19.680 --> 00:03:22.717 IIT. You make sure that the student 00:03:22.800 --> 00:03:25.197 actually passes the prerequisite exam. 00:03:25.280 --> 00:03:28.797 And if the student doesn't pass the prerequisite exam, that person cannot 00:03:28.880 --> 00:03:31.277 take that course until that person 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:33.517 passes the prerequisite. Again, the same 00:03:33.600 --> 00:03:36.157 looping where they can go and prep for 00:03:36.240 --> 00:03:39.117 it and make sure that they get above 00:03:39.200 --> 00:03:41.517 that passing mark and then they can go 00:03:41.600 --> 00:03:43.997 and take that course. That makes sure 00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:47.197 that the students are ready for the 00:03:47.280 --> 00:03:49.597 grind that come as part of some courses. 00:03:49.680 --> 00:03:52.877 Some courses are easy, some courses are hard. This is the way you know 00:03:52.960 --> 00:03:56.957 especially technological courses are technological curriculum is not easy. 00:03:57.040 --> 00:03:59.277 This is the creme de creme university. 00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:03.757 So you need to make sure so this way what happens is you don't have suicides 00:04:03.840 --> 00:04:08.717 you have equitable distribution of seeds. Plus you ensure that whoever is 00:04:08.800 --> 00:04:12.717 coming in doesn't matter whether they are coming from a reserve category or 00:04:12.800 --> 00:04:16.557 general category you make sure that the quality is maintained at a certain 00:04:16.640 --> 00:04:20.637 level. I hope somebody who's uh you know watching this thing listens to these 00:04:20.720 --> 00:04:24.477 suggestions because I thought about it for a long time said I need to make sure 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:29.037 that whatever it is that I'm suggesting sounds fair and appears to be fair and I 00:04:29.120 --> 00:04:33.277 think this is a fair way to start this we need to do something about it viewers 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:37.517 you cannot just wish it away thinking that oh we'll just keep telling them and 00:04:37.600 --> 00:04:41.037 keep talking to them but don't do anything that's not going to work I have 00:04:41.120 --> 00:04:45.437 a feeling this is going to have an adverse effect on the UP elections and 00:04:45.520 --> 00:04:50.077 you need to make sure that the whole thing is done in such a way that I may 00:04:50.160 --> 00:04:54.077 be missing some end cases so you can think this thing through but this is the 00:04:54.160 --> 00:04:56.797 way it needs to be done have debates 00:04:56.880 --> 00:05:01.117 have people who are in educational institutions to come forward to you know 00:05:01.200 --> 00:05:05.437 debate all these proposals keep it out keep it for public you know inputs 00:05:05.520 --> 00:05:09.197 that's the way you solve this problem because that makes sure that the 00:05:09.280 --> 00:05:12.957 government is receptive and you don't have to proceed for an answer before the 00:05:13.040 --> 00:05:15.517 UP elections but if you show that effort 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:19.997 that you are listening that will help you in a big way. Everybody has to have 00:05:20.080 --> 00:05:24.477 a say in it. Nothing wrong. Why don't you think that even somebody who's 00:05:24.560 --> 00:05:26.637 applying from a reserve category doesn't 00:05:26.720 --> 00:05:29.197 want to be at the top of his game and 00:05:29.280 --> 00:05:33.757 you need to make his or her game. You need to make sure that we give them the 00:05:33.840 --> 00:05:36.077 right opportunities. So this is as far 00:05:36.160 --> 00:05:37.997 as the reservation reforms is concerned. 00:05:38.080 --> 00:05:40.797 Now let's take a look at the CJP threat. 00:05:40.880 --> 00:05:44.157 The CJP threat is within 48 hours the 00:05:44.240 --> 00:05:46.477 chief election commissioner Ganesh Kumar 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:51.277 needs to resign. Why? Because there was a disscent among the CEC and the two 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:55.357 election commissioners 14 times and therefore he needs to resign. What 00:05:55.440 --> 00:05:59.677 logic is this? I don't understand. First of all, who is CJP? I 00:05:59.760 --> 00:06:02.157 mean these are a bunch of you know 00:06:02.240 --> 00:06:07.117 leftclumpins and they have no credibility here. They have no say. Even 00:06:07.200 --> 00:06:09.037 Rahul Gandhi is asking the same thing. 00:06:09.120 --> 00:06:11.677 For all of you, let me tell you how did 00:06:11.760 --> 00:06:13.677 this thing come out? It came out by way 00:06:13.760 --> 00:06:16.317 of an Indian express post. How many of 00:06:16.400 --> 00:06:19.517 you know that the work that was done was 00:06:19.600 --> 00:06:22.077 done by one person and then the credit 00:06:22.160 --> 00:06:24.477 was stolen by somebody else not based in 00:06:24.560 --> 00:06:27.837 Delhi but from Bombay and because this 00:06:27.920 --> 00:06:29.757 person in Bombay is a favorite of a 00:06:29.840 --> 00:06:32.237 certain person. What favors? I don't 00:06:32.320 --> 00:06:35.277 know. But then this person gets 00:06:35.360 --> 00:06:37.837 helicoptered into Delhi and make some 00:06:37.920 --> 00:06:43.037 sham interviews and come up with stories and the lead goes on in this person. 00:06:43.120 --> 00:06:44.717 This is called a stealing credit in 00:06:44.800 --> 00:06:47.277 journalism who owns Indian Express by 00:06:47.360 --> 00:06:52.237 the way. Did you know that after the founder passed away what's his name? I'm 00:06:52.320 --> 00:06:56.237 trying to remember the one that Gurumorti used to work for. Anyway, so 00:06:56.320 --> 00:07:00.077 all that thing happened Indian Express to the best of my knowledge split into 00:07:00.160 --> 00:07:02.077 two. One is called the Indian Express. 00:07:02.160 --> 00:07:06.237 The other one is called the new Indian Express. I believe that the new Indian 00:07:06.320 --> 00:07:07.917 Express is a little bit more inclined 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:10.557 towards the original Indian Express. And 00:07:10.640 --> 00:07:13.677 this Indian Express is something that is 00:07:13.760 --> 00:07:18.157 again owned by a politician. A slee bag 00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:21.437 wears white smooth tongue and the 00:07:21.520 --> 00:07:24.557 sleeves bag has some people who are you 00:07:24.640 --> 00:07:26.877 know basically in positions of board and 00:07:26.960 --> 00:07:29.677 things like that. And uh I don't have to 00:07:29.760 --> 00:07:32.077 tell you more but I did put one story 00:07:32.160 --> 00:07:34.957 out as an audio tape of one such sleeves 00:07:35.040 --> 00:07:38.397 bag of this person who explained how 00:07:38.480 --> 00:07:41.837 jately fixed kit Azad okay and I don't 00:07:41.920 --> 00:07:46.157 remember which election it was 2014 or 2019 one of those things where Kit Azad 00:07:46.240 --> 00:07:48.397 lost on a BJP ticket and I think after 00:07:48.480 --> 00:07:51.197 that he decided to quit the party and uh 00:07:51.280 --> 00:07:55.677 join I think right now he's maybe in TMC he was in Congress also for some time 00:07:55.760 --> 00:07:57.837 and now I think he's in TMC But 00:07:57.920 --> 00:08:00.317 basically Indian Express has become the 00:08:00.400 --> 00:08:05.037 mouthpiece of the Congress and like this thing. I mean those of you who know 00:08:05.120 --> 00:08:06.637 about the inside workings of Indian 00:08:06.720 --> 00:08:09.597 Express can share your wisdom on who 00:08:09.680 --> 00:08:12.477 really owns this paper. But long story 00:08:12.560 --> 00:08:16.157 short, everything points to the same old 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:19.517 ecosystem or what you know is said in 00:08:19.600 --> 00:08:23.517 that movie Kashmir files system, right? 00:08:23.600 --> 00:08:27.517 So this is what it is. There's nothing more than that. I think the government 00:08:27.600 --> 00:08:32.237 should concentrate on trying to make sure that the reservation reforms are 00:08:32.320 --> 00:08:35.277 put in place. They need to come out with the white paper and explain this is what 00:08:35.360 --> 00:08:39.837 you're going to do it. No one left behind. That's the message. Or get 00:08:39.920 --> 00:08:43.357 everybody along. Whatever you want to put a positive thing, get everyone 00:08:43.440 --> 00:08:48.157 along. Make sure that you know along the lines of what I'm suggesting you think 00:08:48.240 --> 00:08:51.517 through this thing. I mean there are a lot of smart babus who can you know take 00:08:51.600 --> 00:08:55.677 these kinds of things and make into a proper working document. Put it out for 00:08:55.760 --> 00:09:00.317 public discussion. Make sure that people understand it and they can in give their 00:09:00.400 --> 00:09:04.397 input. Have a committee you know review those things and come up and say okay 00:09:04.480 --> 00:09:08.397 this is rep two we have added these things. Have a proper design document 00:09:08.480 --> 00:09:12.237 like the way you would do it in corporation. So that v1 had these things 00:09:12.320 --> 00:09:15.277 v2 we added these things. V3 is up for 00:09:15.360 --> 00:09:16.877 release now. And this is what we're 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:19.517 going to implement. have the country go 00:09:19.600 --> 00:09:22.477 with you. Believe me, it may be not 00:09:22.560 --> 00:09:25.197 palatable to some, but the fact that you 00:09:25.280 --> 00:09:27.437 be you were open and transparent about 00:09:27.520 --> 00:09:30.637 it and you did that extra yard will put 00:09:30.720 --> 00:09:32.877 you in goodstead. This is my two cents 00:09:32.960 --> 00:09:36.477 to the awesome two the the duo who sit 00:09:36.560 --> 00:09:43.160 and review on everything that happens in India. Namaskar.