When India became independent, she decided to be a secular, sovereign, republic. And when the world got polarized during the cold war, she decided to be part of the group of non-aligned nations. She was known to be immensely tolerant in temperament.
But attack M. F. Husain & other painter by Hindu extremists, court case on every song lyrics/film scene that reflects on any faith or rituals, controversy on history books, hue and cry over even voluntary conversion of religion and recent attack on Taslima Nasrin shows how a handful of fundamentalists with the motive of getting political mileage and spotlight, can cast a shadow on creative arts and make a non-sense of unimportant events, even when there nation is suffering through population explosion, lack of education, national calamities, ignorance and low standards of living for majority of population.
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Friday, August 10, 2007
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Education in India
There are very little things right with the education system in India.
The education should be such that it helps people get a livelihood and increase quality of life. But Indian system at school level teaches only to cram up books and facts, which will seldom directly give them a job when out of school. It helps them only to take admission in further courses. Abnormally high percentages are now a norm at senior secondary/12th level.
After withdrawing courses in sex-education, today a school in Mumbai prohibited girls and boys touching in schools, including handshakes and hugs.
I miss the point. Why highlight the difference between sexes, when the whole world acknowledges equal opportunity & equal responsibility between men and women? Why distract young minds into thinking awkward dos and don’ts when they should be thinking studies?
Sex education that could equip the young generation to protect themselves, in a nation with one of the highest number of AIDS patient and still growing, was withdrawn from curriculum in the name of culture. And now this regressive act of highlighting the girl-boy difference.
There are debates on medium of instruction, culture, and conservative edicts … come on…does no body care about education here….
The education should be such that it helps people get a livelihood and increase quality of life. But Indian system at school level teaches only to cram up books and facts, which will seldom directly give them a job when out of school. It helps them only to take admission in further courses. Abnormally high percentages are now a norm at senior secondary/12th level.
After withdrawing courses in sex-education, today a school in Mumbai prohibited girls and boys touching in schools, including handshakes and hugs.
I miss the point. Why highlight the difference between sexes, when the whole world acknowledges equal opportunity & equal responsibility between men and women? Why distract young minds into thinking awkward dos and don’ts when they should be thinking studies?
Sex education that could equip the young generation to protect themselves, in a nation with one of the highest number of AIDS patient and still growing, was withdrawn from curriculum in the name of culture. And now this regressive act of highlighting the girl-boy difference.
There are debates on medium of instruction, culture, and conservative edicts … come on…does no body care about education here….
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