Quotes on Quota
“Nowhere else in the world do castes classes or communities queue up for the sake of gaining backward status….”
“…Nowhere else in the world is there competition to assert backwardness and then to claim that we are more backward than you.”
~ Two-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India
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Hmm… so one thing on my life’s wishlist is to stand in that witness box in a courtroom and do something nasty…
Me: WTF, I don’t believe in this Gita thingy you want me to swear upon.
The Hon’rable Judge: Mind your language my son. I condemn the use of such language in my courtroom…
Me: You told me to… err.. swear!
The Hon’rable Judge: Would you swear upon the Bible or the Quaran instead?
Me: (Some freshly learnt hindi swear words…). Could you perhaps have a copy of UML Distilled?
The Hon’rable Judge: (Quoting my swear word again; albeit with a different accent, tone and style). I condemn your incorrect use of swear-words in my courtroom. Your pronunciation is a serious threat to national integration…
Seriously, I don’t understand two things:
One, Why does it makes sense to swear like that? Swear on some book? Do they really pull out different scriptures for witnesses of different religions?
Two, Why do people think that my pronunciation of hindi swear words is not upto the national standards.
“Order order… I shall hereby hold you in contempt of the court.” (Scene fades…)
Fresh memories of the movie My Cousin Vinny flash on my mind as I write this. I didn’t enjoy the movie much. The depiction of the Judge, however, was quite funny.
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Working in the area of Web Services puts you in compulsive desire to enclose everything within XML tags. Its no different that the way film directors do the camera thingy with their hands…
Well, this verdict is a breather for now. Hopefully the politicians don’t push this again in the parliament. I think they will. So now the parliament passes an amendment which can overrule this verdict of the Supreme court. The court can, again, strike down this amendment. How long does this go on, I fail to understand…
UML Distilled, btw, is a good read…
