IANS Exclusive: Sam Pitroda spoke on the condition of minorities in India
Indian Overseas Congress Chief Sam Pitroda when asked about situation of minorities in india said that "There will always be some differences, but the overall goal is to bring more minorities into the mainstream. We may make mistakes along the way, but that's okay; we learn from them. Not every decision will be perfect, but the path must be clear. In 25 years, we should aim for fair representation of the population in key jobs. Opportunities need to be created for everyone, which is why there is tension in society due to income inequality and unequal opportunities. It's part of the way we live."
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00:00There will be always some differences.
00:03The overall goal is to really bring more of minorities into the mainstream.
00:11In the process, we may make some mistakes.
00:14It's okay.
00:15We'll learn from our mistakes.
00:18Not that every decision we are going to make is going to be right.
00:22But the path has to be clear, that in 20 years, 25 years, we will have fair representation
00:33of population in key jobs.
00:37You take number of vice chancellors, if India has thousand universities, for example, and
00:42there are thousand vice chancellors, okay, you can't have, you know, 900 from high caste
00:50and 100 from low caste.
00:51You can't do that.
00:53That's not acceptable.
00:55That's not desirable.
00:57That's not workable in the long run.
01:00So you got to create opportunities for others.
01:04And that's the tension in the society.
01:06In every society, there is a tension because of inequality.
01:11Inequality of income, inequality of opportunities, and it's a way of life.