Does democracy work?

I was always against reservation policy of Indian govn. . I am sure all the great minds behind its inception never wanted it to be this way. The way it is being implemented right now doesn’t come close to serving its purpose – “To provide equal opportunity to all across the society”. If you observe carefully you can see that this has done nothing but raise the gulf between the rich and poor of the scheduled castes and tribes. I agree it was started with a noble intention but if something hasn’t worked for 50 years don’t you think time has come to try something else. How can people be so blind? This has infact lead to India’s society being divided into two categories – reserved and unreserved.

But the most ridiculous thing is reservation in the house of representatives – the Lok sabha and Rajya sabha. I expected that in modern India, it’s youth will rise against such policies. But to my surprise a large group in India who almost form 50% of the population (read women) are asking for their reservation in the houses. Infact they project themselves being very fair as they are asking only for 33% of the seats. Bullshit. Any demand for reservation in the representative houses is based on three assumptions –

One, only members of one group can help others in that group. Two, Parliament must function like a pollster's sample group and constitute an exact reflection of the composition of society. And three, people don't vote as they should. Combination of these three assumptions cries out loudly - DEMOCRACY SIMPLY DOESN’T WORK.

So those fighting for this noble cause should first decide what they are fighting for. If such a large population fights for a just cause like removing reservation from all aspects of Indian society then I guess India will be a much better democracy as well as country. This is what I feel!!