IITs not for social engineering

Imagine the furore if the Indian cricket team was to be picked on the basis of who can run 400 m the fastest! An ability to sprint fast is undoubtedly required to play any competitive field sport, but that alone, as anyone with even nodding familiarity with the game will tell you, is not enough to turn one into a cricketer. Yet, the Union Human Resources Development Minister, Mr Kapil Sibal's bullying persistence in ramming through his pet ‘single entrance test' plan for all engineering...

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