To bring up Muslims, dalits, schedule tribes a lot needs to be done in India, I still remember when I had passed my 10th standard exams, a Muslim girl got first rank in our school and the the complete strength of Muslims in my class of 60 students was around 5, when I was doing my engineering there was only 1 Muslim girl in my class and same was the situation in other branches of the institute and finally when I did my masters there was only 1 Muslim student, and if you go further ahead for admissions into institutes which are niche such as IIT,s, IIM,s then the presence of Muslim in this colleges is very very less.
Some people say that reservations are for lazy people and that it should be cancelled, but what about the reservation we had in hindu samaj four varnas, namely Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras for thousand of years, a brahmin can only be a brahmin, a kshatriya can only be a kshatria and a shudra can only be a shudra should we not consider these as reservation, when it comes to reservation for the SC's, ST's, OBC's which has been in force for more than 50 plus years it was also present during the struggle for freedom example the poona act between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. B.R Ambedkar, we see a lot is said against the reservation, I stay in Mumbai (Bombay) where I daily see people from different religion and background my observation is that if you go to slums of dharavi or any other slums in mumbai you will find majority population muslims. Lack of opportunity for good education, good working conditions and having inhumane conditions to live has developed a feeling in them of being left behind and exploited.
The above reason which I think has allowed other powers to divert their mind to illegal activities, terrorism and other criminal activities
My recent conversation with a muslim auto rickshaw driver where he confidently said “Anewale 10 salo mein muslim pad likhkar age badne wale hai” , what we need is to support this confidence of the muslims and for this to happen giving Muslims reservation there is nothing wrong as there was nothing wrong in the practice of reservation which was followed in Hindu samaj such as the four varnas.
The other thing which we need to do as Indians, is that we need to share our knowledge with the muslim population, by coaching them, by providing them the required support including financial, knowledge, training and any other support to bring them at par with the other sections of the society.
And for those who have said that reservation produces 3rd grade candidates on this post, It disheartens people like me who belong to schedule caste but to tell them that I am proud that what I am today because of the support I had received due to reservations and at present working in India's no 1 IT firm as a Business process lead and contributing to the company and the country
Please let us stop critizing about reservations and unite to see what we can do to give equal and fair oppurtunities to the different sections of the society.