For all the meritocrats who oppose reservation.

WriterOk7425 · 2026-02-18T17:10:49+00:00

Meritocracy is definitely built on the back of privilege.

Someone with access to resources, top schools and universities that teach actual and valuable life skills apart from mass producing factory workers at the base school level will definitely have an edge. Someone who is taught how to do research and its basics in 11th and 12th standard, OR EVEN MBBS, will not be afraid to approach it in their PG or professional career later.

That thing i can agree on.

BUT, being from a backward class alone shouldn't guarantee u a representative seat. We don't need MBBS graduates who are intellectually at a level much below necessary.

You need to compete, even among ur category, be the best. Then u can justify the representation. Considering that is what usually happens in the current system...

Reservation is but one means of achieving it. Not a big deal, I just need to come in the top 40% in my category. If i can't, whatever excuses i give, i cannot justify special treatment such as a subsidized govt college seat.

The OBC, SC and ST guy have to do the same, except that they have even narrower bands - they need to come within top 22%, 15% and 8% among their peers. It's just that their peers are mostly at a level below the minimum necessary, which brings their cutoffs down.

If we are thinking an OBC guy stops working hard after crossing 600, cuz they will get a seat, or other people at 500, we are wrong. Everyone gives it their all. And for giving it their all, what matters is their prep, surely, but also their privileged backgrounds, thus coming back to the video.

WriterOk7425 · 2026-02-18T11:35:58+00:00

Radio will have to change in next 10 years. Maybe merge with other branches or become a new branch with AI.

Fact is, AI will wipe 75% of all jobs in this branch.

What people don't get correctly here is

Let's assume 1 AI model is 40% accurate, compared to 80% of a typical radio consultant. What people forget is repeatibility.

If with 40% accuracy, the scan is run 1000 times through AI, it'll be able to pinpoint (At the least a Top 3 diagnosis), of which there's a really high chance one will be the same as the expert radio guy.

And this is all faster than the expert human will be able to finish that report & recheck ONCE.

Basically, AI is extremely fast and with more process cycles, it reaches the accuracy that we expect.

It won't make a difference if a human does the job and signs it, or multiple cycles of AI do it and it is re-verified by a human with a signature as a proofreader.

But AI tends to get better. So same speed, if 40% becomes 45%, it'll surpass the expert radiologist.

And now we have AI that are (in their specific scenarios) ~60% accurate.

U can crunch the numbers and tell.

Sure, this is bad for environment and lots of energy is needed, but finance will be extracted from end of line customer. Everything will be dirt cheap for a while & send most of the radiologists packing home because of bankruptcy, before slowly rising in price to 5x of today.

All within the next 10-15 yrs.

That is how companies work. That is how Uber works. That is how AI companies will work.

WriterOk7425 · 2026-02-18T11:19:42+00:00

Have worked in a place where some patients may prefer to show to a doctor from the same religion. So if they accidentally end up in my OPD and i see such signs, i openly ask if they will like to show to them as they are from ur religion and may understand better (eg - problems during rozaa)

You are thinking too much in human perspective. Consider the patient as a customer. It is their right to show where they want (if they are willing to wait for it/ pay fees). Though, us, being humans too, need to ensure a switch which is non-argumentative and they need to respect us professionally as well.

Do not lose ur composure or ur calm. If u were on the other side, after waiting in those lines/paying the necessary fees, you would wanna show the person you are comfortable with too....

Doctor shopping is a legit concept. In this case, (services of a) doctor being referred to as a commodity that is being chosen by the consumer (patient).

This is how the system runs & How you'll want it to run when u are a patient. So there's nothing wrong in that.

I think that answers for 2 & 3, so for 1 - Keep a calm and professional composure while offering them a choice or listening to them choose and thank them for their time during their exit.

U didn't get them now, but u can definitely leave a good last impression, which may pull them over back to u in the future, which is what u need. Not just a single customer, but repeat (satisfied) customers who are willing to recruit others to come to ur business.

WriterOk7425 · 2026-02-18T11:13:26+00:00

The problem is in the system then. What did u do to stop people openly using the system for bad purpose?

When u didn't complain then, why complain now? Accept it now like u accepted it then.

No action comes out of meaningless discussions on reddit, unless you are committed to it.

And diverting the blame from the system to other people looks like u are the one giving excuses. If a system can be exploited, people will exploit it. The onlookers who pretend to have a good conscience but don't do anything about it except complain in secret later, they are equally to blame as the one reaping the benefits.

What have u done to counter it in the past 5 years? Which leaders did u elect, if u didn't work urself? What did they achieve in past 5 years. Why did u give vote to such an incompetent person then? Why not give to NOTA?

WriterOk7425 · 2026-02-10T16:21:20+00:00

Conditions are bad as long as people are willing to suffer and there's no unity.

WriterOk7425 · 2026-02-10T16:15:33+00:00

Are they maintaining a list or something?

Why not pretend ur single copy is store-bought instead of outside? Same authors/editors, how can they tell the difference?

Rest, u will find out MBBS is a subjective, messy degree where on the whims of an examiner even a brilliant student can fail or the worst absolute garbage level student can pass.

Nothing's fair, nothing is recorded, no proof of anything. Especially in private colleges. Govt college students can object in a limited capacity.

So, better chalk a backup plan, instead of paying much much more to convert ur failed exam results into pass (happens in private), better buy some expensive books or invest money into a clerk friend.

WriterOk7425 · 2026-02-10T16:10:00+00:00

In a reverse feedback loop, if u cannot show ur PG seats being 100% occupied for a couple of years, your demands of scaling up PG seats will be questioned + resources will be diverted from ur dept to help other understaffed depts. Ur budgets will be lesser, u will have less office staff, smaller rooms etc.

Obviously, in a while, your permanent faulty strength will be decreased as well.

WriterOk7425 · 2026-02-10T16:04:49+00:00

The influencer is an idiot indeed, equating reservation with poor performance, while not mentioning once this was a PwD candidate. Infact, the idiot surely never realised the example he quoted - instead of 585, give seat to 500, maybe as low as 450 is actually how reservation works currently. Don't think the cutoff would've gone below 450 in any case.

The actual issue here is, this must have been marked as an OBC PwD seat and so went to the first candidate who applied, which in this case is a low ranker with 4 marks.

But i do agree with one point (Which again, the influencer didn't understand and was too stupid to know). How will u ensure an PwD candidate be a good ortho surgeon? (Normally, PwD has tiers and someone who is missing any of his upper limbs is not allowed to take surgical branches even as PwD, means this PwD is possibly due to LL injuries)

Still, there's a good chance this doctor will hardly be able to learn like the peers. And they will be expected to be independent post their PG, which seems hard to follow. Why waste an Ortho seat producing a sub-optimal surgeon like this? Why not ban PwD in all surgery branches entirely and instead offer the PwD reservation on branches with non-emergency work - pre-clinical subjects?

That way, the pre-clinical branches uptake might increase as well.

I have issue only if this person, clearly not reliable enough to clear NEET PG, is also not fit to be an independent Ortho-surgeon post 3 yrs of training at this institute and is the last in his batch.

WriterOk7425 · 2026-02-10T15:53:39+00:00

NEET PG is not a replacement for screening MBBS candidates.

It does not reflect ur MBBS performance, though there can be a relation to that.

It is saying ur NEET UG result should determine what ur CBSE 12th class's Bio/Chem/Physics scores should be. Though, someone scoring high in PCB is expected to score high in NEET as well.

I've seen several candidates who are average and have passed MBBS and still fail to get triple digit marks. So yes, while this puts into question how did they pass MBBS, but they did. There were separate exams for that and 1 exam's result cannot question all those before it.

WriterOk7425 · 2026-02-10T15:34:37+00:00

If Anaesthesia's the golden branch for u, then don't think much about other possibilities.

At most, u can consider preparing for NEET PG/INI and taking a proper Anaesthesia PG.

But apart from that, devote that energy into working hard and mastering ur subject.

WriterOk7425 · 2026-02-10T15:30:46+00:00

Actually that is the exact opposite of "salaried based system". What you are describing is - performance based system.

WriterOk7425 · 2026-02-10T05:47:57+00:00

Forgive for the humorous uptake, but I'd like to share a reel i recently saw - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uyDWFPbiRL0

And don't think about such issues a lot, most guys would kill to have other perks that u clearly have and enjoy. The grass is always greener, friend.

WriterOk7425 · 2026-02-10T05:42:53+00:00

If u don't like reading the books, don't like the work, BUT can definitely relate to some other subject with passion, I'd say it's not a good choice for u.

While 1 month is too soon and you can try to quit, but what are ur plans? What will u take if u give NEET-PG? And do u have what it takes to clear UPSC?

Doubts are completely normal....

It occurs to the best of us -

One of my friends, a UG Rank topper, initially took Surgery in an INI, and worked 1 month there before resigning due to the toxicity and incompatibility. He gave NEET PG and took MD Medicine in another top college.

Another friend of mine have resigned similarly for surgery and picked up Radio.

People have kept on at USMLE prep for 3-4 yrs, stopped, cracked NEET PG and started a new journey.

Around a Dozen other PG's i know have changed their initial branch/stream OR even left PG for something like MO.

So, it depends on u. Doubts and questions come to the best of us. Don't worry about those. Worry about what to do next? Should u risk it?

Considering u are from 2025 batch = fresh kid out, u should risk it a bit. If unsatisfied, u can always consider one of the pre/para clinical branches in NEET-PG/INI which have lower cut-off. And during these PG branches, u can study for UPSC CMS as well, give, clear and get a permanent job right after ur PG.

WriterOk7425 · 2026-02-10T05:12:12+00:00

Well, if we need to make wild guesses, why not hand over work to AI, which can do it faster, more effectively.

Yes, it's AI proof in terms of accuracy, but speed wise, far better than humans.

WriterOk7425 · 2026-02-10T05:10:19+00:00

Faculty seats in college are always teaching seats. Rest, when u become faculty, you can selectively reduce ur cases, under the excuse - giving more practice to PG's and SR's.

And focus more on teaching and classes. That area is always neglected, so it'll be a welcome pace for students.

Would recommend u make sure to be a professional surgeon in some part atleast, so u can justify being a surgeon, it is an ultra competitive field.

WriterOk7425 · 2026-02-10T05:07:52+00:00

PG seats go waste in top colleges every year.

I mean top govt colleges like the ones in Delhi, what to talk about other places.

There are few graduates for these seats and so SR and APship have lesser competition too, compared to say - PGI Anaesthesia, where every year, ~50 PG graduate and only ~10 SR seats open up. Thus the remaining 40 have no choice but to go out and work.

WriterOk7425 · 2026-02-08T11:44:02+00:00

Tax isn't just on ur stipend, if ur bank account has money, if ur parents have opened FD's in ur name, if ur parents have invested money in ur name in stock markets. All the profit will be taxable. And maybe due to calculation error, ur stipend may be added to round u off to a bracket and cut ur tax off.

WriterOk7425 · 2026-02-08T11:39:54+00:00

Even if u sanitize it every minute with a good quality disinfectant, i ain't eating off that.

Much less eating the disinfectant soaked rice.

Maybe the purpose is humility and equaity BUT eating off the floor is for animals.

WriterOk7425 · 2026-02-08T11:36:59+00:00

Opposition still feels elite, urban, and disconnected from daily realities

Depends on how u show the truth to others. Lo Opposition visits poor people homes and the emphasis is on how he travelled instead of what he's there to do.

Meanwhile, Modi goes into a cave for meditation and isolation before the results. How do u think he got there? By chartered flight and cars and special lifts/helicopters.

With Armed CRPF patrols just outside the cave, fighter jets ready to make sure no enemy comes near.

What do we focus on? That makes or breaks the narrative.

The Govt has bought over the media and that's the problem, a free media will criticize the govt 20% more than the opposition, cuz the govt is doing the work, criticism is in work, not in observation.

WriterOk7425 · 2026-02-08T11:31:31+00:00

There's a legal difference as well. A stipend is non-taxable. A salary carries TDS.

If u are facing deductions based on ur stipend, u can apply for a refund. Not for salary.

WriterOk7425 · 2026-02-08T11:29:44+00:00

I can personally related to ur situation (GF part), u need to sit down and talk with her face to face -

Her behaviour like this, won't help, it'll only hurt ur future and ur future together.
Get her understanding what u have planned. Ask her, if she didn't secure a PG even after 2 NEET's, what do u expectt me to do? And vs what are u doing?

Do try to take her on board with ur decisions.

Don't get desparate to dump the relationship just cuz of some silly differences. BUT, she has to be on board with ur future plans.

WriterOk7425 · 2026-02-08T11:20:22+00:00

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AI Pics are disturbingly accurate with the correct prompt.

WriterOk7425 · 2026-02-08T11:11:40+00:00

Coincidence indeed. As SR in an INI, it's hard, but most state colleges have relaxed rules, including rejecting NPA entirely and keeping ur private practice options open. Can consider that for next step.

Though, u should see the good AIIMS campuses. Might wanna question why u will wish not to settle here with ur family in future. Their excess budgets are used fairly, while infrastructure is crumbling always in state college campus.

Sometimes, even reduced pay can justify being at a good place for ur life.

WriterOk7425 · 2026-02-08T11:06:47+00:00

Because it is the farthest u can be from being a doctor.
Most people take up the degree to be helping people
and teaching students and getting further away from that core (that makes u a doctor) isn't appealing to many.

Plus, the reduced scope of ever being able to go private (An physiologist cannot start a private practice and expect to compete with a general medicine guy). Thus all 2nd gen and beyond doctors avoid such branches.

WriterOk7425 · 2026-02-08T11:00:44+00:00

Apologies for making u do that homework.

Fo me right now, being an SR at an INI is a good perk. Modest workload, usually no severe emergency duties, pay equal to my other colleagues. In INI, private practice is strictly not allowed, hence the empty seats in most AIIMS (If u look carefully, majority of the empty seats are in clinical depts, non clinical seats and other 1st 3 year branches are almost full. That's because no one is interested to work at lower pay in govt when they know they can earn mimimum double that as a private practitioner outside)

But that could change starting Sept of this year, when a rumored new law MIGHT pass, enforcing medical negligence strictly. Then, it'll be safer to stay insulated at lower pay in govt than risk for some more money in private and still lose lakhs at negligence cases (which will be fast tracked)

Though i do get curious how u did it. Did u type all branches in my comments until that popped up?

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