Kosi broke banks in Bihar and Nepal in september 2008. 3.3million Indians were displaced, left homeless, and in despair the government was busy exchange blames with the state of Bihar and Nepal. Who did it? What caused it? No one knows and no one will, all everyone will remember is the rampage of kosi and our helplessness to deal with it. It happens every year and we do nothing about it, nothing at all. 30 years ago plans floated of diverting the waters of kosi, Brahmaputra, Mahanadi to the states of An- dhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Ma- harashtra. Our politicians were more engrossed in petty politics and these grave issues were too unimportant for them. Now after the floods no one talks about a perma- nent demographic change. Bihar cried for help and the country answered generously. Youth For Equality also joined hands with Indian Railways and sent teams of relief workers to Supaul in Bihar. This encouraged us in Pune and we too collected some money in our campus. (G.H. Raisoni Colleges, Pune) we were greatly supported by our principal in this event. Besides our cam- paign against caste based res- ervation, we initiated a cam- paign for Bihar Flood relief and the overwhelming support we got from students, authori- ties to extend our helping hand for Bihar flood victims is noteworthy. YFE Unit G. H. Raisoni Colleges, Pune Writing on the Wall !! INSIDE THIS ISSUE: A little help for Bihar 1 YFE Contest 3 How long can political class fool OBC’s, SC’s & ST’s with quota? 4 Case of affirmative action in US law schools 8 How long will brave officers die & for whom ? 10 Letters to the editor 12 YFE Crusader ISSUE 1II, OCTOBER 2008 WELCOME TO YFE Youth For Equality Quiz contest 2008 Online Quiz Contest To play, visit our website yfemovement.com Win prizes and goodies !! Go to page 3 for further details !! “ We can either move forward and create Centers of academic excel- lence, or go along with the demands of identity poli- tics “ -Andre Beteille, Member of National Knowledge Commission, while resigning from the body. A little help for Bihar Atharva,Pratik,Piyusha,Mayuri.T,Bhargav,Mayuri.P,V. Shekhar,Ishan,Saideep,Sino,Kamal,Kaustubh,Neha (YFE unit of G.H. Raisoni Colleges, Pune)
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Kosi broke banks in
Bihar and Nepal in september
2008. 3.3million Indians were
displaced, left homeless, and in despair the government
was busy exchange blames
with the state of Bihar and
Nepal. Who did it? What
caused it? No one knows and
no one will, all everyone will
remember is the rampage of
kosi and our helplessness to
deal with it.
It happens every year and we do nothing about it,
nothing at all. 30 years ago
plans floated of diverting the
waters of kosi, Brahmaputra,
Mahanadi to the states of An-
dhra Pradesh, Madhya
Pradesh, Gujarat and Ma-
harashtra. Our politicians
were more engrossed in petty
politics and these grave issues
were too unimportant for
them.
Now after the floods
no one talks about a perma-
nent demographic change.
Bihar cried for help and the
country answered generously.
Youth For Equality
also joined hands with Indian
Railways and sent teams of
relief workers to Supaul in Bihar. This encouraged us in
Pune and we too collected
some money in our campus.
(G.H. Raisoni Colleges, Pune)
we were greatly supported by
our principal in this event.
Besides our cam-
paign against caste based res-
ervation, we initiated a cam-
paign for Bihar Flood relief and the overwhelming support
we got from students, authori-
ties to extend our helping
hand for Bihar flood victims
is noteworthy.
YFE Unit
G. H. Raisoni Colleges,
Pune
Writing on the Wall !!
I N S I D E T H I S
I S S U E :
A little help
for Bihar
1
YFE Contest 3
How long can
political class
fool OBC’s,
SC’s & ST’s
with quota?
4
Case of
affirmative
action in US
law schools
8
How long will
brave officers
die & for
whom ?
10
Letters to the
editor
12
YFE Crusader I S S U E 1 I I , O C T O B E R 2 0 0 8
News Bar -October Heat !! Income limit for creamy layer OBCs is increased to Rs 4.5lakh p.a. in cen-
tre and Rs 5 lakh in UP.
Legality of raising creamy layer bar questioned in SC : Educationist P V
Indiresan on Tuesday threw an open challenge in the Supreme Court ques-tioning the legality of the UPA government's recent decision to raise the
creamy layer income limit from Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 4.5 lakh for OBCs.
Health Minister Ramadoss forces 'reservation agenda' on AIIMS: 95 posts
of Faculty positions are reserved.
SC poser on need for OBC quota in civic bodies: Take up a caste-wise census
in the country and complete the exercise in a time-bound manner. The per-centage of SC, ST and OBC reservation shall be proportionately increased
on the basis of the census. This is the directive the Madras high court gave
to the Centre.
SC poser on need for OBC quota in civic bodies: Reservation in Education
and Jobs is OK but Reservation for OBCs in Panchayat and civic body
elections is not needed: SC
Supreme Court will not stay Tamil Nadu’s 69 p.c. quota law: The Supreme
Court declined to stay the Tamil Nadu Backward Classes, Scheduled Caste
and Scheduled Tribes (Reservation of Seats in Private Educational Institu-
tions) Act, 2006, providing for 69 per cent reservation.
Apex court stays JNU students’ union polls: The Supreme Court on Friday
stayed the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students‟ Union elections due on November 3 on the ground that they were being held contrary to the guide-
lines and recommendations of the Lyngdoh Committee.
OBC MPs make out case for a caste-wise census in 2011: MPs from OBC
outfits met home minister Shivraj Patil to demand a caste-wise census in
2011.
Do away with quota mindset in higher education: Advani : L.K. Advani,
wished to do away with the “quota mindset” in the field of professional and
higher education.
Central Universities Bill introduced: Govt introduced legislation seeks to es-
tablish 12 new Central Universities and upgrade four existing State univer-
sities as Central university.
PU to finally free vacant OBC seats for general category: It took more than a
fortnight and a contempt case in the High Court for the Panjab University (PU) to comply with the directions issued by the Supreme Court to de-
reserve seats lying vacant under the OBC quota.
Y F E C R U S A D E R
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Y F E C R U S A D E R
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Five prizes will be given (1st , 2nd 3rd & two consolation prizes)
First prize: A book on life sketch of Swami Vivekananda, A YFE memento, A Country First
CD, A YFE T-shirt.
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Dussehra is a Victory Day, Victory of Lord Ram over Ravan, Victory of almighty God over devil, Victory of good over evil, Victory of dharm over adharm. It is a victory of life over death. A victory of hope over despair, A victory of creation over destruction, A victory of light over darkness, A victory of knowledge over ignorance. A victory of justice over injustice, Victory of dignity over oppression, Alas! This victory will remain incomplete, Till all the Kabeels, Sabeels and Afzals are hanged
Dr. Y.K. Sharma
Delhi University
AROUND THE WO RLD
B A R A C K O B A M A I S S E T T O
B E T H E F I R S T A F R I C A N
A M E R I C A N T O B E E L E C T E D
T H E P R E S I D E N T O F T H E
U N I T E D S T A T E S
M A R T I N L U T H E R K I N G H A D
S A I D I N H I S F A M O U S
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“ I H A V E A D R E A M T H A T
O N E D A Y O N T H E R E D
H I L L S O F G E O R G I A T H E
S O N S O F F O R M E R S L A V E S
A N D T H E S O N S O F F O R M E R
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T H I S D R E A M M I G H T S O O N
C O M E T R U E ! !
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How long will brave officers die & for whom ??
. YET ANOTHER
brave man laid down his
life while performing his
duty. Delhi police‟s most decorated inspector Mohan
Chand Sharma‟s sense of
duty can never be forgotten
by a true patriot. When the
entire nation is sceptical of
the response by the state
machinery to terrorists, it‟s
the presence of such brave
officers which provides a
glimmer of hope. May his
soul rest in peace and may his valiant act not go in
vain.
But my only point
is how long should brave
and patriotic officers lay
down their lives for the
blunders committed by an
incompetent government
and coward politicians? The
death of innocent people
doesn‟t matter to them; they are busy playing their own
politics. The Central gov-
ernment has shown no incli-
nation to counter terrorism
and there is a complete ab-
sence of leadership. More-
over, allies of the govern-
ment, like Mulayam Singh
Yadav and Laloo Prasad
Yadav have gone on record
as saying that the Student Islamic Movement of India
(SIMI) is being targeted in
the country. So they are
trying to convey that our
investigation agency and
our intelligence is a total
failure and they are right.
Should not action
be taken against these two
leaders for openly support-
ing the revocation of ban on SIMI? Are these politicians
not as culpable as the ones
who commit the dastardly
acts of terror?
Terrorists will win,
if an unspoken religious
subtext defines and divides
our political class. The main
opposition party is leaving
no stone unturned in harp-
ing on the reintroduction of
the Prevention of Terrorism
Act (POTA) and in criticis-
ing the Centre; but it has no
time to focus on the prob-lem and find a solution. At
times I feel why the terror
attack failed on December
13, 2001. I don‟t want as-
surances and condolences
anymore.
At the present mo-
ment the state looks weak,
helpless and paralysed.
Politicians are only concen-
trating on their vote banks and delivering parochial
speeches to strengthen their
position before the general
elections. They just can‟t
act strongly in an hour of
crisis. Shivraj Patil was
more interested in dressing
himself up when he was
inspecting the blast sites.
He is the wrong man for the
job. The Prime Minister hasn‟t addressed the nation
for years on television now
and is shying away from his
responsibility and credibil-
ity by not convening the
monsoon session of parlia-
ment. This is the new face
of the world‟s largest de-
mocracy. The nation, as a
matter of serious planning
and vision, has simply van-
ished from the agenda of those who are the known
faces of our leadership and
represent the decision-
making apparatus of the
country.
Our ministers are
busy playing their cards
right to improve their
chances at the next elec-
tions; but none of them has
ever shown any interest in
pushing for reforms in the
police force or giving more
power to our security agen-
cies or bringing in stringent laws or modernising our
security apparatus. The in-
formation and broadcasting
minister P.R Dasmunshi
said that there was no need
for special powers for the
police to deal with jihadi
terrorism. He even ridiculed
the concern raised by the
public over the recurring
jihadi terrorist strikes across
the country. The English daily ‟Hindu‟ quoted him as
saying, "Can anyone predict
a terrorist strike? No gov-
ernment can prevent it." So,
going by his words, the
innocent civilians of this
country have no option but
to keep dying at the hands
of the terrorists.
Do I need to say anything
more?
I just want all of us
to come forward and de-
mand action from the gov-
ernment. A nation‟s collec-
tive will is the biggest
weapon against fissiparous
tendencies. America and
China have shown that.
There should be a policy of
„no compromise‟ on inter-nal security. to eliminate
Y F E C R U S A D E R
P A G E 1 1
.this weed; we must get
ready to face the wrath of
these malevolent elements
with the confidence of a victor. People‟s power has
shown the way before and
this is the right time for all
concerned citizens to come
forward and gel as a force
to reckon with. We have to
decide how many more
lives will force us to rise in
revolt under one banner,
namely the tricolour. If you
cannot, then I don‟t want
another inspector like Mohan Chand Sharma to
lay down his life for the
welfare of the callous citi-
zens of the country. This is
very true because only five
per cent of Indians partici-
pated in the freedom strug-
gle; the rest were too lazy
and sadly it could be so this
time too.
Come on!!
Rishabh
Srivastava
Mumbai
Y F E C R U S A D E R
Increase in creamy layer limit is Anti Poor and divisive: Sign online Petition
To all well meaning citizens of India
Govt‟ s decision of increasing creamy layer limit to 4.5 lakhs will defeat the very purpose of reserva-
tion phenomenon. This way we are overlooking, a significant section of backward class who feel dif-
ficulties to even manage their daily meal. They can never be benefited through this reservation pol-
icy.
During the arguments on legality of 27% Quota for OBCs, we have seen the examples of Rikshapull-
ers, Sweepers etc but when it came in fixing the creamy layer limit, we totally forgot them.
In support of 27% reservation for OBCs, it had been submitted that, 97.5% of OBC population had a
daily income of less than Rs 80 but when it came for distribution of reservation benefits, income of
Rs 1200/- per day will be beneficiary of reservation.
Govt‟s argument for hike in creamy layer limit to keep with economic changes sounds absurd, as if the economy is changing for particular caste. If there is inflation, that is for whole Indian society irre-
spective of caste. The transition of creamy layer limit from 1lakh to 2.5 lakhs to 4.5lkahs and now in Uttar Pradesh it is
up to 5 lakhs, looks, as if our backwardness is increasing along with our economy.
The whole decision of hike in creamy layer income limit will snatch the benefits from poor among back-
ward class and widen the social disparity. This is fully a political gimmick to garner vote bank.
The need of the hour is to register our strong protest against such undemocratic and antipoor policy.
Please come forward and sign the petition and forward it to others.
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