It was bright morning of sep 23rd . Sun was blistering & the city had a silence of the graveyard .All these events were pointing towards "typhoon " that was on its way ready to engulf Allahabad. I heard people calling Allahabad as supine but it suddenly transformed into the "action" centre . Roads that were full of hustle & bustle became silent. The city is under the threat of communal riots. Activists knew that that this Government's Achilles heel lies here & they were on their act.I had a deja vu of being sitting on the heap of explosives & demanding peace to myself. I was trapped up the creek without a paddle.
It was just 2 days ago I read one of the articles of Shobha De. It was about a boy in Mumbai. He being a bright student couldn't make to the top colleges of the city. The reason was neither due to his academic , or curricular excellance but the sole reason was that he was a "Muslim". I was really overwhelmed by reading that article.
We talk about we being a democratic republic where all religions,communities, castes & creed ,groups & ethics are given equal opportunities. The constitution doesn't deprive people of their rights & opportunities but these "educated" people can. The future of a young kind is being doomed just because he is not born in a particular caste.
This event has made me to think that we are laying down stress on educating people but this is what we are gaining from our education. The act of civilizing people has eventually turned them into "devil". We fought one "Kargil " way back in 1999 to save our country & still many Kargils are to be fought within us to protect our country.
The education we are being given is not sufficient enough to purify our soul , to rinse our thought & to sanitise our action . Our consistent effort to develop the feeling of oneness has yet again suffered a setback. These communal tensions is gradually becoming an epidemic. The one who suffers the most are students. Students from different parts of the country come to take education but these unwanted circumstances didn't help their cause. The city which has always been known for spreading quality education is being held helpless with people willing to taste each other's blood .
So, life sucks here. Education sucks...... and country sucks.
It was just 2 days ago I read one of the articles of Shobha De. It was about a boy in Mumbai. He being a bright student couldn't make to the top colleges of the city. The reason was neither due to his academic , or curricular excellance but the sole reason was that he was a "Muslim". I was really overwhelmed by reading that article.
We talk about we being a democratic republic where all religions,communities, castes & creed ,groups & ethics are given equal opportunities. The constitution doesn't deprive people of their rights & opportunities but these "educated" people can. The future of a young kind is being doomed just because he is not born in a particular caste.
This event has made me to think that we are laying down stress on educating people but this is what we are gaining from our education. The act of civilizing people has eventually turned them into "devil". We fought one "Kargil " way back in 1999 to save our country & still many Kargils are to be fought within us to protect our country.
The education we are being given is not sufficient enough to purify our soul , to rinse our thought & to sanitise our action . Our consistent effort to develop the feeling of oneness has yet again suffered a setback. These communal tensions is gradually becoming an epidemic. The one who suffers the most are students. Students from different parts of the country come to take education but these unwanted circumstances didn't help their cause. The city which has always been known for spreading quality education is being held helpless with people willing to taste each other's blood .
So, life sucks here. Education sucks...... and country sucks.
