u/cryptic_aa

No 'bro'

Anyone with the most basic intellect knows they're NOT the same thing

Started off as estranged brothers ... But in nearly 80 years thence both have taken completely opposite directions

Naah ... This sounds a lot like what would routinely happen across the border ...

Are you from Pakistan?

If you have to ask ...

Hmmm

Which school?

Almost 80-90% of India's wealth is not held by Sc/st. So who are using resources from there?

Likewise deforestation has only benefitted the rich, who happen to be from upper caste.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't reservation NOT supposed to a 'poverty alleviation program?' Why bring in resources and benefits here??

So what's the logical solution for this according to you?

While I do NOT have a solution for it, what I do 'logically' understand is that reservations (in the current form) have not done anything to ameliorate the caste divide, rather it is now even more firmly entrenched into the society with resentment having grown rather than eased. The ONLY solution to it – logical but not practically & ethically feasible – is to somehow stop endogamy within castes and make the society heterogeneous enough for caste to become defunct.

Maybe keep the "low IQ" kids confided in their States, and empty those states from "outsiders" and let the States have their own "low IQ" colleges and schools?

Your words, not mine. Have seen enough morons in 'high castes' and enough intelligent souls in 'low castes' to understand that things don't work that way, BUT, have seen enough statistically significant trends to also understand that policies are meant to address trends and not individuals.

The supposedly "high IQ" is not even a caste thing, but mostly a historical and opportunistic thing.

While nothing can be done about history, to what extent do current polices provide equitable opportunity? Make the general category curse their luck and let the reserved one's embrace their mediocrity? What good is it going to do except worsen the situation and widen the trust deficit?

Almost 80-90% of primary government school teachers are either general or obc

Really? Unless I'm wrong, recruitment in all govt educational institutes, top to bottom, is via reservation. IF you feel the reserved classes are underrepresented in spite of vacancies, that means those people are not availing the opportunity. Why?

look at the quality of education at government primary schools. Do these (general) guys not have high IQ?

Sorry to say, that as far as school education is concerned, the Indian mindset itself is at fault. Teachers are looked down upon. Their contribution to society is completely ignored. It is often assumed that only those who could not get into any other 'better paying' job get into teaching. And to a limited extent, I think that's true. What saddens me even further is that I come from a family of teachers myself, those who have given and continue to give their 100% best and contributed immensely to students, and they're still not given enough credit for it, monetarily or in terms of respect. The whole teaching profession itself is reeling under the consequences.

Because a state spends on average 1cr inr or 100k usd to train an mbbs graduate. To train a pg graduate its 200k usd.

While I agree with some of the points you made above, I do not agree with the this point — and I think it has been debunked enough.

First of all, that estimate is grossly blown out of proportion. Govt colleges EXIST in order to ensure that Indian citizens get decent formal education – without any expected return of investment even if some (medical) or majority (engineering) students decide to go to another state or even abroad.

Secondly, if you agree that the govt should contribute in a big way in education, you cannot then put the full financial burden of that on students. I don't care how the system works in the US, but I do know that if you compare the kind of money earned by US doctors with Indian, you'll find them early many many times over.

Thirdly, this forced service bond is nothing but blackmail. It will easier for even middle class kids to pay a hefty fee for joining a private college than to be forced to work as bonded labourers in a dysfunctional & apathetic government setups with poorly staffing, infrastructure and execution. In fact, this, in a way, ensures that meritorious kids who can afford a private college should join private college.

In my 9 years of teaching between 2008-17 in one of the most renowned private medical colleges in south India (always among the top-5 for UG teaching), I saw the calibre of incoming PG students steadily fall as the tuition fee steadily increased.

And, I think, not a single UG student from the same college joining for PG in the later years.

So yes, as the cost of education goes up, the calibre of 'selected' students goes down. There's no doubt about it.

Just curious: considering that there are much more private colleges than govt in most states, do states impose mandatory post-MBBS or post-PG service bonds on only govt college students or also private college students also? Why would someone getting into a private college with a low(er) rank backed by family money serve a 5-10-20-25 year bond? Or a govt college student for that matter? And if they don't, if they're able to pay off the bond with family money, what good is it now doing for the state?

"Class-based" more like 🤣

I agree that this guy's take is tangential to the current issue ... But no less important

Let's see how many respond to this post even! 😆

And for those justifying the state having its own cut offs, this issue has been in place since forever — not just after NEET came into the picture!

'Kids' with much less IQ and marks in state-level UG & PG exams have been admitted alongside the most briliant & hardworking ones since ages. And in govt colleges, getting subsided or free hostel rooms, food, tuition fees, exam fees, even library books being lent for longer periods!

And there have been instances when they were passed in spite of poor performance because of 'pressure' on teachers. Or because teachers themselves belonged to the same 'demographic' as the students!

The system has been defunct to the core by design, and with private colleges falling into the mix over last 2-3 decades and the advent of NEET, it has become even more rotten!

Why is it that we don't always recognize the moment when love begins but we always know when it ends? — L. A. Story (1991)

I'd remove the man ....

For once, the pre looks much better than the post. Of course, if you want to make it look that way, your high-conrtast edit is great too. But the way I'd have done it to preseve the mood of the photo: kept the haze, added warmth with limited color grading, contrast & color adjustments mainly in the periphery

If I was forced to choose one, Goblet of Fire — except for the last bit of course, after they realise the goblet was a portkey

First let's get the myth vs the reality out of the way?

Naah, I for one don't like the crop - the original with so much empty space above & below is more evocative

> You did very well understanding that a sunset is a backdrop for something else. The calm water reflecting the sunset with its reeds in the very close foreground give balance and meaning. The reeds though are very dark. So, I do wonder if just an ever-so-slight amount of additional light on them might be advantageous. Tiny tiny, really not much; just enough to clarify the silhouette effect on them.

Perfect comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/photocritique/comments/1um8yia/comment/ovac11u/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

???

https://preview.redd.it/rkcefhh1jz6h1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c0de26d475038fa8b79a24d46e02ff221626b43

More than the vignette (which is a little high for my taste) it is the tilted horizon that caught me off-guard

Otherwise great photo ... Maybe if you darken the central part a bit more, it'll look even better?

Time

👍🏻 for the Wiki link

Nice photo

Great cool vibe

Without commenting for or against the above post, there should be a sub somewhere on reddit titled "How would you do it" where one photog puts up their unprocessed photo (with or without an edited one) and others post their own processed versions ... is there something like that??

I usually do NOT enter into others' comments but can't resist - exactly what is it in the original that you prefer?

OP has managed to literally transform a photo that 99.99% may reject into an artsy dreamy beautiful shot.

In what world is the original preferable??