Religion and Education

Stupidity or simple excess of some specific type of religious activities have increased to a great extent, in the education system. For Example:

Havan before the start of a semester

Tulsi Pujan

Keep on rolling your eyes. We are in great times! 

Wonder in a diverse society like India, is it any healthy sign? That is also at the University level? And I am not talking about some Sanskrit department.

I remember just after some days of my joining, someone invited me to "Jagran". And I was like Jagran? Sorry, I do not attend such programs. A senior colleague was standing nearby me. She knew me since my Ph.D days and informed that lady in a taunting way, "Nastic hai ye!" 

It is not about Nastic, Astik or some specific religion or traditions. But the diversity. What we are doing to that? Even in families, we are tolerant of this diversity. Are not we? Then why such stupidity, even at the higher education level? 

As per UGC Code, Conduct and Ethics, are we even supposed to do all this? 

Fall And Rise!

Like a kid learns to walk

The game says do not fall into the trap, rise with every entrap. Do not ever try to fit into the way just any aira-gera-nathu-khera tries to make you. Always have your own ways. What I realized in this game at every step, people tried to overpower the other party by using their ways rather than applying their own mind and that is how fallen into their trap after trap. By trying so people do not use their own mind, I call them bhejhe se paidal log. Rather try a befitting reply kinda fitting into someone else shoes. And most of the times someone else shoes do not fit and create problems. On that, they think themselves over-smart. Can you do anything about such people? At least can smile and do whatever you wanna do. 

Fall is easy while the rise is like swimming against the tides. Many times you will come across people who may seem to talk in favour just to provoke, very sweet talkers, in reality distributing poison (personal experiences). 

Do not like politics, politicians and blah, blah. Well, every person is not made for that. It's fine. 

Last but not least: Is there any difference between Congress, BJP, Communists and blah, blah, blah? Saare ak hi thali ke chate-batte hain ;)

Simple funda of life -- Suno sabki, karo manki!

Good Morning!

National Education Policy

(Beyond number gambles or game or any kinda metaphor and for people who really wanna make India a better place)

Do we really need to change the overall system? The existing one is good in the form of 10+2+3+2 etc. Though lil-bit changes can be done.

What really needs to change?

No private schools. Private school shops are killing the harmony and proper growth of society. These shops are also exploiters. Government has no check on the exploitation of these shops in different forms. They exploit parents as well as teachers. 

A good government must provide equal opportunities to all children irrespective of any kind of discrimination. Free school education including books, dress, good infrastructure including hostels and mess facilities will work better for a diverse society like India. 

Make government schools competitive. Private school promotion means ignorance of middle and poor class. School teachers promotion and pay must be highest based on competition. It is at this level most problems of any country can be tackled. High pay means it will attract competitive people who really wanna serve society. 

Schools can be divided into different categories based on their competitive level and overall facilities. Half teaching load of schools including practicals can be given to higher education people, research institutes, defense, medical including the private sector in different forms. In combination, it works great. Some form of extra incentives can be given to these people who wanna work some part of their job in schools especially in rural areas.

The teaching methodology is still too old, especially in government schools. The fact is government schools have very poor infrastructure and overall facilities. 

Same applies to higher education to some extent. Though allowing private sector is good at this stage. To attract people from better educational institutions from around the world special scholarships must be there for professors and scientists for a certain period of time.

Enforcements help rarely but providing an optimum environment and motivation works in its own way. That is why most students or scholars who keep on struggling here, work better outside. 

Indian file-system and red tape are such that most people do not feel like even to take projects. Wonder, why no online file tracking system and accountability of file hoarders? Mere designing different digits and focusing on unnecessary Indian historical boasting would not help Indian education system. 

Board Games & Politics!

Has this person gone mad? This one is a dictator. How people manage so much drama and gambling? One after other what looked like normal human nature, simple politics in academics, started revealing itself in ugliest form. And every time you get baffled about the dumb nature or should I say puppet nature or revolving around chair psyche. For what, you do not understand.

Crispy Reverse Genetic Engineering under the shadow of unethical manipulative heights starts pulling and pushing in opposite directions, at the same time telling you not to be fragile. Stand your ground. The so-called big-brave world needs so many checkpoints. 

At least some form of politics need to get out of the academic zone. Is it possible? Who can do that especially when people wanna revolve around chairs like some bees around honey? I keep wondering about changing pics in offices whenever a new government comes. What any University office or Research institute to do with any CM or PM or even any President pic until and unless that person belongs to that field of study or alumni of that particular Department/Institute? 

Might Or Right?

Some things we do better in the team while some alone. We learn fast and better in team in some aspects while opposite is true in some other. Some things we learn from kids and younger people better while some from experienced ones. 

Since last two years, it's more or less solo learning and working while watching and experiencing how different committees and cases work. When "crafted and drafted cases" are there then to a certain extent solo working works the best as different forces try to take you in different directions. Many times, what's on some people's mind is there as a priority, does not exist even in your scheme of things. Your mind refuses to work certain way. At times rather most of the times, it refuses to work on given directions even so-called official directions, total illegal in nature or more or less a designed language fitting certain way, while exposing their game to the worst. 

For now this much. With time will write more, case by case. Probably need little-bit more time.