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By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
For some time now and especially after publication of Sachar Committee Report Muslims put much emphasis on acquiring modern education. In rapidly globalized economy of India, education was promised to be the key to a brighter future for Muslim kids.
A recent study, however, finds that getting a call for interview can be reduced to as much as 33% for a candidate with Muslim names compared to an equivalent-qualified candidate with high caste Hindu name.
Study was lead by Chairperson of the University Grants Commission Prof. Sukhdeo Thorat and Paul Attewell of City University of New York. Beginning in October 2005 and lasting 66 weeks the study involved responding to job advertisements appearing in national and regional English newspapers with sets of resumes that were similar except for names. For each advertised position researchers sent applications with identical qualifications and experience that differed only in names. There was no explicit mention of caste or religion but names were easily identifiable as upper caste Hindu name, Dalit or Muslim names.
Only private companies were targeted and jobs that required little or no experience. In 66 weeks, researchers sent 4808 applications in response to 548 job advertisements. A call for interview or for a written test was considered a success for that application. Researchers were looking to see if chances of receiving an interview call are same for a high caste, a Dalit and a Muslim name.
Two statistical methods on the data resulted in a similar outcome. One method suggested that odds for a Dalit name is 0.67 and for a Muslim name is 0.33 to receive an interview call as compared to an equally qualified applicant with a high caste Hindu name. Another method gave the odds 0.68 and 0.35 for Dalits and Muslims, respectively. Both statistical models results are statistically significant which means that it is highly unlikely for this to happen by random chance.
The researchers concluded that “[h]aving a high-caste name considerably improves a job applicant’s chances of a positive outcome” adding that “on average, college-educated lower-caste and Muslim job applicants fare less well than equivalently- qualified applicants with high caste names, when applying by mail for employment with the modern private-enterprise sector.”
This is not surprising; Sachar Committee also found that private sectors had a dismal representation of Muslims. Sachar Committee recommended sensitizing private sector about diversity in their work force and suggested boosting Muslims recruitment through positive discrimination and affirmative action. Sachar Committee Report proposed the idea of an incentive based ‘diversity index.’
Sachar Committee Report also noted that “our data shows when Muslims appear for the prescribed tests and interviews their success rate is appreciable. This applies both to the public and private sector jobs.” But the present study suggests that any Muslim has about one third of a chance for landing that test or interview compared to a high caste Hindu.
Thorat and Attewell in their research article published in October 13th, 2007 issue of Economic and Political Weekly write that despite legal safeguards when a social group remains backward then it is blamed on group’s low level of education. These two who have been studying discrimination in United States and India states that discrimination is not acknowledged in a modern capitalist economy.
This study conclusively proves that there is discrimination in corporate India against Dalits and Muslims, with Muslims suffering the most.
“These were all highly-educated and appropriately qualified applicants attempting to enter the modern private sector, yet even in this sector, caste and religion proved influential in determining ones job chances,” researchers commented.
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I've read all the comments
I've read all the comments over here, and to be quite honest, NONE of them are "Nonsensical". Some reflect stats, some reflect hatred, and some reflect angles and hopes for a broad way of thinking. But most importantly, they're straight out of the hearts of these people and therefore, none of these comments should be discredited. Proving someone wrong logically works well in debates. In life, proving someone wrong is not always the main point, for in life, it's not important to HAVE a reason for everything.
Today Muslims are hated by a number of non-Muslims. When asked why they hate them. They say, because they're "terrorists", this n' that. In a debate, I bet it would be one of the lamest reasons to support a motion. But again, that's not the point. These, who claim that ALL Muslims are terrorists, know very well themselves that their claim is very well over-stated. How can an ENTIRE community be corrupt? It's out of the question, and they know that. After all there's a black sheep in every community, isn't there? They know that too.....SO which way does the argument stand? Well, the point here is that there IS no argument....The point is Hatred....We, being Homo sapiens, are born with this. A characteristic that is there in each and every one of us. A characteristic that is fuelled subconsciously in our mind. Throughout our life, we acquire hatred towards some things, just as we grow love towards other things. This love and hatred in us is not necessarily backed up with sound reasoning. It's there in us, because they're there. If we love something, we WANT to love it. Similarly, if we hate something, we long to hate it. Indeed there have been wonderful policies that deal with this problem of hatred, but none have succeeded in eliminating it. Cause, that's the way we are, and that's the way we have been.....They say love is blind. It's time we realise that so is hatred.
This harsh reality does not necessarily mean that we cannot change. It's not all dark, and not all lost for the human race. "CHANGE" is possible. For that we'll have to understand, understand not one another, but understand ourselves, our beautiful mind.
MUSLIMS , DALITS AND OTHER MINORITIES IN CORPORATE INDIA
Salaam Hashif Bhai,
IT is by chance while browsing the net that I have come across your very relavant and burning issue of our times.This has kept bugging me for over a decade now , and working in the corporate sector for over 26 years I can vouch that there is a very calculated and planned recruitment policy of nearly all the corporate houses with very few exceptions like the Tata's, to preclude these communities( which by any estimates will cover more than 60 % of the indian populace if you include the adivasis and the tribals also). This has happened mailny due to our elitist education policy that has benefited the moneyed class, albeit the high castes, who could enter into the all the premier educational institutions of the country.In this context the muslim clergy is also to be blamed to a great extent in ghettoisation of the muslim populace, by denying them access to a modern and scientific educational millieu; combined with the subjugation of the muslim women especially in education.
This situation can be changed by a sustained campaign by joining all the affected communities , and also aligning this movement with the leftist organisations , both within the parliament and outside it . There should also be a campaign against corporate houses that do not have at least 25 % of the total emloyees from these communities within 2010. Also the anti discriminatory laws in our country have no teeth, this has to be strengthened and justice dispensed forthwith through designated courts set up by a law of the parliament.
with Revolutionary greetings,
"WE SHALL OVERCOME ONE DAY"
comradely
yours,
Thomas Alex
P.S I was working with Crompton Greaves for more than 18 years, and I had to leave due to the harrasment and victimisation( i was denied promotion and even the normal increments given to other employees every year) Incidently in this organisation withover 10000 employees in India the total muslims . dalits and tribal employees is not even 1%.
KILL ALL MUSLIMS
Why is this happening?
you expect corporate india to remain competitive if they recruit at madrasas...
muslims get with the act.. learn science and technology.. insteading of memorizing the koran..
than maybe you will get hired on merit..
I was thinking wrong....how?
I could not believe that Muslims did not burn the train
I could not hate BJP, VHP, Bajrangdal for what they did to muslims after the train tragedy.
I could not hate Naraendra Bhai But..............now...
I see muslims with a pity eye.
I see BJP, VHP, BAJRANGDAL for what they did with plans to eradicate muslims
I started hating Narendra Bhai (sorry No Bhai now) for what his planned killing (Burning) of muslims, women and children
He will get his punishment for this one day but not so far from today.
Shut up & Listen very carefully.
I am not Muslim, and my blood boils at your comment. Think what all Muslims reading this will think. It is most natural to return hatred with hatred. If you can not put yourself in shoes of people you are writing to, do not write. Stop living & rotting in your well of hate speech, and look outside. I have some personal Muslim friends, who are engineers, and excellent ones. There might be problems at a wider level, but if you want solutions, they are through logic, consensus, communal understanding, and goodwill. Your language above, is part of problems, not solution.
Do u have any problem on
Do u have any problem on memorizing the Quran the book of God?
If u really want to know about it...Read it first and comment next...
Without knowing the conent of glorious Quran, u dont even have the right to argue about it.
Quan is a salvation to world which came from the God as a blessing to man kind
Quran teach u about the humanity,
Quran teach u about the civil and social rights,
Qurn teach u about all which u need...
Ok my friend......
dont hire muslims
hahahaha
i employ three thousand people in india..
not one is muslim, thank god.
who wants these terrorists working for you.
oh actually i have one muslim part time employee, he cleans the toilet.
never mind. i guess i am supporting muslim then.
shit, now what to do..
haahahaha
dirty muslims.. go to saudi arabi and continue to work as slaves of arab warlords.
I pity people like you who
I pity people like you who get brainwashed by the american and british intelligensia that has sowed the seed of hatred amongst fellow Indians.
My dear friend do not forget that before the advent of the british ther was no hindu muslim divide, in fact the first war of independence of 1857 was fought by hindus , muslims, dalitsa and all Indians who wanted to liberate our great land from foriegn domination.
Why dont you understand that by keeping india and pakistan seperated and sowing seeds of hatrd , they are able to take away more than 30 % of the gdp of both countries every year??
Imagine India & Pakistan united what a super power we would make ... with poverty eliminated within 5 years,
yours,thomas alex
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