Bloody Merit Scholars

Book excerpt: In this book the life style of students staying in big boarding schools and the mutual conflict between general students and students studying with governmental scholarships is depicted. General students, their guardians, teachers and even management committee believed that merit scholars come from lower strata of the community and they spoil the environment of the school. Mostly they used to be the toppers which lead to a feeling of inferiority complex among general students. Due to this the merit scholars used to be rusticated for very small reasons. Sometimes they were rusticated in a planned manner. This was the time when the villages were going through very rapid social and economic change. There was transformation in caste system. People were getting aware about their rights During this time the laws of Zamindan abolition' and 'Land demarcation' were made which has 11 great impact on social and economic development. The author Shri Amitabh Kumar was born at Lucknow the capital of Uttar Pradesh in 1968, in a lower middle class family. Mis father was a clerk at a government office. The author's early schooling was in boardings. Shri Amitabh Kumar, a graduate from Lucknow University, was also actively involved in politics. At present he is a railway officer and posted as a Station Manager at Lucknow station. Before this he has worked as Chief Controller and Assistant Commercial Manager in railways.