I didn't do anything substantial last week. One piece of news that caught my attention was the cancellation of the Uttar Pradesh Police Constable recruitment exam due to allegations of paper leaks. I vividly remember reading a few months back that fifty lakh people applied for the sixty-thousand post, which is equivalent to one-tenth of South Korea’s population aspiring for those jobs.
The paper leakage phenomenon is not specific to UP; a similar thing happened in Telangana’s Group One post recruitment, Karnataka’s Police Sub-Inspector recruitment, Rajasthan’s Eligibility Examination for Teachers(REET) recruitment, and more.
The Central government responded by enacting a law to deter the people. The frequent cancellation of exams takes a toll on those aspiring to those jobs. This pushes a significant portion of the youth population to sit idle for some years.
Economically, that’s not a fair allocation of resources. If India of the twentieth century taxed domestic entrepreneurship by having a license-quota-permit Raj system, twenty-first century India is doing the same by not conducting the government recruitment process fairly, transparently, and time-bound.
The issue of unemployment is real in India. The people who didn't hesitate to pay and go to Russia for work are a testament to this. Unfortunately, they ended up on the battlefield. One who says unemployment is not an issue should be forced to join Russia’s Wagner group and sent to the Battlefield.
Fig: E P Unny nailed it.
I turned twenty-five last week. It felt like I was neither too young nor too old. Reflecting further on this, I wrote -
Neither here nor there. Neither the light is awakening you nor the dark is letting you rest. Neither the sky is limiting, nor the earth is grounding. Neither the love is soothing, nor the pain is comforting. Neither here nor there.
See you next week, alligator!
P.S.: Me, saying hi to quarter-life crisis with my chotu’s gang.
The dots are deeply connected and voice is absolutely right...
Happy Birthday Mahesh :).
Yay! Happy birthday!