In what seems like a long time ago, young Annie Zaidi attracted all sorts of flack for saying that there is no such thing as merit- or at the very least, that exams don’t measure it properly. Of course, the conclusion you would draw from this would be to improve the examination system rather than start reservation, but we will leave that aside. Annie was attacked from first principals by disgruntled IITians who said that the JEE bloody well did measure merit.<\/p>\n
But I have to agree with Annie. Received wisdom suggests that the IAS exam is much, much tougher than both the JEE and the CAT. The people who make it to the IAS are the cream of the cream. They are interviewed by twenty-four hour news channels and worshipped and feared by primitive and superstitious villagers (and also by quite rational city-dwellers). If there was ever an\u00a0exam that filtered out merit, the IAS entrance is it.<\/p>\n
But then all these meritorious IAS officers pull shit like banning Princess Kimberly. And you have to ask yourself, what the faak?<\/p>\n
It’s true. There really is no merit. Let’s throw the IAS open to everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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