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The Great Indian Education !

Have you seen this scene from the movie, 'Oru Vadakkan Selfie' ? 

A glimpse of the scene from the malayalam movie, 'Oru Vadakkan Selfie'

Link of the above scene from Youtube, for those who have not seen it (subtitles are not available) : 

https://youtu.be/76PdN2m76jw

Watching Umesh, we hardly could control our laugh, citing his inability to fill a form or to pick up vegetables over the rotten ones. He hesitantly says, "I studied engineering and they didn't teach me all these there !" Though it is a comedy scene, not so little, it made me think.

To all those new-gens out there, who proudly could claim that they are graduated in engineering or medicine or whatever ; Did you learn what life is ? Or how to live it ? 

To the proud parents out there ; Did you teach them what it would be like to live the life ?

The Indian educational curriculum in which they teach us the year at which the apple fell on Newton's head and the way through which the horse from the French revolution rode through, what do they teach us about living here, in India ? Well, they teach us many things, which I don't refuse. They teach us about the Indian Constitution, the fundamental rights, duties, and so on. But, is that it ?

How many of us know about which government department should we approach for a particular governmental service ? How many if us really know the way to apply all those theories in our lives ? Are we ever taught about any practical situation in our day to day life or how to handle them ?

All we've been fed with so far is to 'gain the knowledge ; over and over, more and more!'

It is not about gaining knowledge, but to make it practical and useful for others along with our own. 

The parents and teachers who try to make a dog to swim or a fish to run, barely consider the interest or ability of the children. They just turn them away from their talents and interests. 


Education should ofcourse be our primary concern. Not just in a 'bookish' way ; but our life, which depends on our practical ability to live/ to survive. It includes everything ; from the need of gender equality, sex education and the necessities for the changes in certain conditions, that we discuss among usually.

So, this too should change ; The Great Indian Education !

Wishing you all to have a good day.

Thanking You :)


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