New Delhi, February 6
Rajni logs onto Bloom Public School’s website, wishing for a stroke of luck and early results. As she well knows, this won't be granted. “But hopefully, by tomorrow, I’ll know where we stand.” During the interaction school officials told parents there’s a fifty-fifty chance of scoring a seat; it’s all down to luck of the draw now. On the nursery blogosphere, sub-groups of solidarity, otherwise known as cliques, are forming. Like Rajni, for instance, parents with young sons are turning to each other, given that some schools are still giving preference to the girl-child. “It’s time for another assessment. We need new strategies to find a seat this year.” With the start of the new school year less than two months away, it’s back to the basics, survival of the fittest.
