Arjun

[Anand Ranganathan @ARanganathan72]

Thanks @nethrapal ji for your response. In the interest of a helpful debate, here is my point by point rebuttal. Please excuse rough unstructured language as I’m writing while travelling:

(1) Fixed general seats vs adding extra seats.

You claim OBC reservation was done only by adding extra seats, so general seats never reduced. This is not wholly true and does not work presently at all. When 27% OBC quota started in central colleges after 2006, colleges were told to add more seats. Most colleges did not add enough seats. So the number of open (general) seats stayed almost the same or grew very slowly, while total seats increased. Once the percentage is fixed, every time total seats increase, reserved seats also increase automatically. Open seats stay only a fixed share, not a fixed number. The reform idea is not “never add seats.” It is to protect the open seats as a fixed minimum number that cannot be reduced. This is the only way to stop open seats from slowly shrinking forever. Talking about the old OBC expansion, that never was earnestly implemented, does not solve today’s problem.

(2) Creamy layer for SC/ST is “impossible”

You say courts and Bihar data prove creamy layer cannot apply to SC/ST. Well, the main idea is simple: Once a family has got good education, good income, good connections and good social position through reservation, their children should not keep getting the same benefit. Otherwise the still-poor people in the same caste get pushed aside. Bihar data does not change this idea. Creamy layer is not only about money. An IAS or IPS officer’s children get coaching, good schools, networks and advantages that a poor farmer’s children in the same caste do not get. Refusing to exclude them means the real poor keep losing the seats.

(3) “Even after creamy layer the ratio stays 50-50; elite capture is everywhere; officers’ kids study abroad”

You accept there is a problem but say it exists everywhere, so we should ignore it! Data clearly shows elite capture inside reserved groups. Rohini Commission found that 10 OBC castes took around 25% of all OBC seats. Many other OBC castes got almost nothing. The same thing happens inside SC and ST lists. The claim that most officers’ children study abroad and do not compete is not proved. Even if some go abroad, those who stay in India still have a big advantage. Lack of public data is not proof that the problem does not exist. It is a reason to collect the data and then apply the rule.

(4) “Only some sections take benefits but Yadavs and Cha**rs are still low in Group A jobs, so no change is needed”

Your argument says only top jobs matter and lower jobs do not count. That is incomplete. The same strong sub-castes already take most of the college seats and lower government jobs. These are the pipelines that lead to Group A jobs. Rohini Commission itself proved the problem is real for OBCs. The same logic applies to SC and ST lists. Parliament can add or remove communities from SC/ST lists under Articles 341 and 342. Just because no one has proposed removal yet does not mean the power does not exist. Courts have repeatedly said governments should use data to divide groups and exclude the advanced sections. Refusing to collect or use this data is a political choice, not a constitutional requirement.

(5) “Ambedkar’s 10-year limit was only for political seats; education and jobs are permanent; 2/3 majority is impossible”

The text of Article 334 is correct, the 10-year limit applied to seats in Parliament and Assemblies. Perhaps you missed that I myself mentioned this. Fact is Dr Ambedkar said reservation should be temporary, not permanent. Just because Articles 15(4) and 16(4) have no time limit does not mean reservation becomes a permanent group right forever. The argument that SC + ST + OBC numbers make it impossible to get 2/3 majority is an admission that the system now continues because of numbers, not because of remaining need. That is exactly why a better reform plan uses time limits, data checks and one-generation rules instead of waiting for a majority that will never come.

(6) “Fraud is higher in EWS and disability quotas; upper castes take fake certificates”

Fraud happens in every category and must be stopped. This does not mean we should ignore elite capture inside SC/ST/OBC categories. Pointing to EWS fraud is a way to change the topic and leave the real problem untouched. The solution is strict checking for everyone, not looking away from some groups.

(7) “One-generation or one-family limit is an American idea and should apply to all or to none”

The simple idea is this: After a family has used reservation to get education, a government job and social position, their children start from a better place. Giving them the same reservation again is no longer help for the disadvantaged. It becomes inherited advantage with a different name. Applying the generation rule only inside reserved categories makes sense because reservation itself is a special group benefit meant to be temporary. Asking for the same hard rule for every judge’s or MLA’s child is a different and much bigger debate about political dynasties. It does not mean we must drop the limited rule inside reservation.

(8) “One-time reservation is just a fancy idea; the goal is to fill top positions; lower cut-offs prove we still need the system”

The goal of creating a large pool of graduates and officers from these groups has already been largely achieved in absolute numbers. Keeping the same percentage forever after that turns a temporary ladder into a permanent parallel system. Lower EWS cut-offs in some exams happen because that category is poorly designed and often has few applicants. It does not prove that reserved-category candidates as a whole are still as disadvantaged as in 1950. Toppers from reserved categories are good and expected. But the entry marks are still systematically lower. This has real effects on quality in medicine, engineering and administration.

(9) “There is merit among SC/ST/OBC; mark differences are small”

No serious reform plan says there is zero merit in reserved categories. The real point is that average preparation levels and the cut-off marks are different. In important professional courses, those differences affect patient safety, engineering quality and government work. Praising individual toppers while ignoring the lower entry bar is not a defence of merit. It is a refusal to look at the full picture.

(10) Creamy layer has already reduced OBC share in Group A; empty seats should go to the poor

If creamy layer exclusion has reduced OBC numbers in Group A, that shows the rule is working as planned, benefits are moving toward the less advanced people. The right response is better implementation and sub-division of groups as Rohini Commission suggested, not dropping the rule. Empty reserved seats should be handled openly. The better way is to open them for general competition instead of creating more small sub-quotas that make the system even more complicated.

(11) Private sector, elite schools and DEI

It is true that SC/ST/OBC students are very few in top private schools and private universities. The solution is not forced caste quotas in private companies but targeted scholarships, early help for children, and strict non-creamy deployment of the existing seats. Copying American DEI language does not solve India’s real problems of elite capture inside groups and never-ending preference.

Thank you. WDTP

[The Jaipur Dialogues @JaipurDialogues]

He wasn’t arrested for his Remarks on Sanatana Dharma

But Arrested for remarks on an Actress

Aisi Taisi Democracy 🤣😆

[Anand Ranganathan @ARanganathan72]

Rahul Gandhi is yet to issue a statement forgiving the Gen-Z booked for abusing him, even as he mocks Narendra Modi for issuing a statement forgiving the Gen-Z booked for abusing him.

Because for Rahul, freedom of speech is sacred right until the moment it is directed at him.

[SagasofBharat (talesbymiirabelle) @SagasofBharat]

Reality:

1. TILAK : girls should not even be married before 16.

AMBY: himself Got married to a 9 year old kid & got her pregnant by 13.

2. TILAK: Men should not marry after 40 except with widows.

AMBY : married his 2nd wife at 57 to a girl 18 yrs younger than him.

[THREAD]

[Arjun @ar_jun_s]

@Mohamme76375630 @PetroleumMin India is among the countries with the lowest price hike during the war. So what's your point?

[Rahul Dewan @RahulDewanV2]

Few people know that Prof Kamakoti is perhaps the only Director of IIT who doesn’t have a Passport. One of his conditions while taking this position was that he would not be forced to go abroad. Has over 20 Patents to his name. What a nationalist!

[Arjun @ar_jun_s]

Average American intelligence.

[Sougat Chakraborty @sougat18]

Scholar from University of Hawaii has published Master of Arts thesis on "A feminist analysis of India's Nuclear Development" in May 2025. Do spend a minute to take a look at the highlighted lines in the abstract.

[Dr. Neha Das @neha_laldas]

In 1950:
SC list had 607 castes, today it has ~1200
ST list had 241 tribes, today it has 744

So where these castes are coming from?

If even after 70+ yrs, not a single caste has been uplifted via reservation, that itself shows "Reservation is a failed policy".

#EndReservation

[Arjun @ar_jun_s]

@SubramanianKri @priyankagandhi @INCIndia @RahulGandhi @iitmadras Same question can be asked to Pharma sympathizers who considers holistic medicine like Ayurveda (not treating symptom alone) as pseudoscience; failing to realize traditional systems are time-tested. Funnily good proportion of Allopathic medicines are derived from plant compounds.

[Arjun @ar_jun_s]

Same question can be asked to Pharma sympathizers who considers holistic medicine like Ayurveda (not treating symptom alone) as pseudoscience; failing to realize traditional systems are time-tested. Funnily good proportion of Allopathic medicines are derived from plant compounds.

[Prof. Krishnamurthy V Subramanian @SubramanianKri]

A few questions for Ms. @priyankagandhi, @INCIndia & @RahulGandhi:

1. As an IITian, I ask - what scientific or academic expertise qualifies you, Ms. @priyankagandhi, to mock the research of the Director of @iitmadras, one of India's foremost scientific institutions?

2. As a research scholar, I find Prof. V. Kamakoti's credentials speak for themselves. What are yours to pass judgment on his scholarship (other than being born into a political dynasty)?

3. Have you actually read Prof. Kamakoti's work before caricaturing him? If so, which part of his research do you disagree with, and on what evidence?

4. Since when did the cultural or religious origin of a scientific hypothesis become grounds for ridicule? Aspirin traces its origins to willow bark, artemisinin emerged from traditional Chinese medicine, and many modern drugs began as traditional remedies. Science tests hypotheses... it doesn't mock them because of where they originate.

5. Is ridiculing distinguished scholars @INCIndia's idea of promoting Viksit Bharat as envisioned by PM @narendramodi?

6. Why does @INCIndia so often reserve its derision for ideas associated with Hindu traditions? Would the same standard of mockery be applied to beliefs rooted in any other faith?

India's scientists and scholars deserve better than ridicule. They deserve evidence-based debate.

[Prof. Krishnamurthy V Subramanian @SubramanianKri]

A few questions for Ms. @priyankagandhi, @INCIndia & @RahulGandhi:

1. As an IITian, I ask - what scientific or academic expertise qualifies you, Ms. @priyankagandhi, to mock the research of the Director of @iitmadras, one of India's foremost scientific institutions?

2. As a research scholar, I find Prof. V. Kamakoti's credentials speak for themselves. What are yours to pass judgment on his scholarship (other than being born into a political dynasty)?

3. Have you actually read Prof. Kamakoti's work before caricaturing him? If so, which part of his research do you disagree with, and on what evidence?

4. Since when did the cultural or religious origin of a scientific hypothesis become grounds for ridicule? Aspirin traces its origins to willow bark, artemisinin emerged from traditional Chinese medicine, and many modern drugs began as traditional remedies. Science tests hypotheses... it doesn't mock them because of where they originate.

5. Is ridiculing distinguished scholars @INCIndia's idea of promoting Viksit Bharat as envisioned by PM @narendramodi?

6. Why does @INCIndia so often reserve its derision for ideas associated with Hindu traditions? Would the same standard of mockery be applied to beliefs rooted in any other faith?

India's scientists and scholars deserve better than ridicule. They deserve evidence-based debate.

[The Jaipur Dialogues @JaipurDialogues]

Next, CJP should do a Protest against reservation.

Merit is being sacrificed for Doctors entrance.

This is a legit students concern

[17• @sergetrevorr]

2014 = Messi se fait voler par l’Allemagne

2022 = La FIFA offre 2 penos à Mbappé

2026 = CARTON ROUGE POUR ENZO + rouge pas donner à Cucurella

mdrrrrr bizarre pour quelqu’un qui est favorisé par la FIFA hin

[Slayer Khare 杀手卡雷 @Vaishnav122]

UC youth are behaving like absolute idiots on Instagram.

Protesting against the paper leak is completely justified. But how dumb do you have to be to allow this to be hijacked. It is giving voice to communists whose entire politics is built around destroying whatever merit is left in this country?

Have you even bothered to read their manifesto? More freebies. Breaking the 50% reservation ceiling. Reservation in the private sector. This is what you're amplifying. You're claiming to fight for merit while empowering people who openly want to dismantle it. That's not activism. That's political self-sabotage. Don't act shocked when these become the main election issues tomorrow. You helped make them mainstream.

Why do our people keep shooting themselves in the foot?

[Anuradha Tiwari @talk2anuradha]

Just a while ago, he introduced a Bill in Lok Sabha demanding Reservation in private educational institutes.

Today, he is protesting for "fair education system."

What a farce this entire spectacle is!

[ཞི་མིའི་རྒྱལ་ཁམས། @goyangi_jegukk]

ISRO's budget for 2026-27 is ₹13,705.63 crore.

Combined SC & ST budget allocation is ₹3,37,489.37 crore

Do the math.

[Heynishant @hey_nishant7]

UCs don't benefit from any kind of protest in this country because by default almost all political parties in India are pro reservation and anti UC. As a result even protests that begin with a good cause eventually turn into anti brahmin, anti uc, and anti hindu

[Vaibhav Sisinty @VaibhavSisinty]

Someone on Reddit built an open-source canvas where you handwrite math and physics on a whiteboard, and Claude responds right next to your handwriting. In real time.

It's called PenEcho. You sketch equations, draw diagrams, scribble notes wherever they make sense. When you pause, it sends that region to the model. The response appears beside your work. Not in a chat window.

On the whiteboard itself.

The canvas is 20,000 x 20,000 pixels but only loads tiles where ink exists. Each request costs a few cents. Runs locally. Supports Claude, OpenAI, and Codex.

The builder said something that stuck with me: six months ago, no model could have done this. Not the handwriting recognition.

The fact that it understands unfinished equations, rough diagrams, and the spatial relationship between them. It infers what you meant from incomplete marks.

This is how research should work. Think on a whiteboard. AI thinks with you. No copy-pasting into a chat box. No breaking your train of thought.