When I use the term education, I tend to define it within certain parameters. This way I keep my discussion on this vast subject limited and focused. Hopefully clear too. So here goes.. Education can become a universal concept, only when it is accepted as an empowering tool universally. For eg I stay in a rural part of India, where the education isnt considered to be so important especially because many of the parents are either farmers or poorly educated. They havent seen education bring any value-addition to their lives, as such. So in such a scenario, how can we sell education as an empowering tool? First, show education in the light of its usefulness....preferably in everyday life. For e.g. if a kid were to go to a shop, and tell the shop-owner what its mother has told him to get...4 packets of CCC shampoo. If the shampoo costs 2 rs. per packet, how much would the kid have to pay for 4? It needs to use multiplication and deduce that the order costs 8 Rs. There....that's...
NAMASTE, While I was searching for Subhashitas on the net, I came across this wonderful blog.....I am giving one of the posts of that blog and also the link to it. अन्नदाता भयत्राता, यस्य कन्या विवाहिता । जनिता चोपनेता च, पञ्चैते पितरः स्मृताः ॥ कन्यादातान्नदाता च ज्ञानदाताभयप्रदः । जन्मदो मन्त्रदो ज्येष्ठभ्राता च पितरः स्मृतः ॥ The roles and duties of a father Beautifully Explained : A Must read http://blog.practicalsanskrit.com/2010/06/dear-father-thank-you.html This Sloka tells us how many father figures we may be fortunate to come across in our life. For a very good explanation of the same, I urge you to visit that person's blog. Regards
I get a feeling that this may be a very controversial subject :-) But I cannot avoid it because it is forefront in my mind right now. So I take the liberty of putting across the solution as it appears to me right now.....in my blog ;-) Let there be more than 1 workplace where you have invested yourself. Probably one for mind but one more definitely for the heart.....meaning there should be at-least one place where you work heartily!! Hope this helps... Ashok
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