“Education is one of men's greatest achievements; it is the road to further achievement. Every man must be educated.” Indeed, no doubts. All men must have access to education, IF THEY CAN AFFORD IT. Provision of education requires three resources, the human resource, the teachers, who are providers, and have spent… Continue reading

Last night while watching a TV interview of Amir Khan, I heard his views about art, his art and I realized why people call him Mr. Perfectionist. According to him, the basic principle of arts is to provide entertainment, but if the artist can provoke thoughts in the audience for progress, for change, if the art promotes the viewer to "think" then it is better art. I do not think that entertainment is the basic purpose of arts. Art, any kind of art be it a painting, sculpture, literature, music, dance or acting is the selective expression of reality, it is an exercise of integrating the abstract ideas about life and existence and expressing them. Entertainment is an essential by-product of the arts; it is not the main purpose of the arts though. The artist exhibits his ideas and value judgments about reality and the sense of existence through his art, his work, and it needs a great extent of integrity on behalf of the artist as an Individual. May be that is why Amir Khan is famous for his search for perfection and integrity. Continue reading

It would have taken a mad man to ask on the momentous night of 15 Aug 1947 as to what have we gained. We know it as our independence day, the night that we made our tryst with destiny. But if someone was still mad enough to ask, what have we really gained, in unison perhaps the whole nation would have… Continue reading

There is a very widespread myth among Indian citizens about Education. Since 1947, Indian Govt is trying to achieve the goal of education for all. In 1947, the population of India was about 36 million. In 2007, it rose to 112 million. Adult literacy rate of India is 61.8% that means; now we have more than 36 million of illiterates. Let's see how viable is the idea of education for all? If India is 100% educated with reading/writing skills to everyone, which educated guy will clean the toilets, work on the construction site, do the entire blue collar labor which do not require that much education? Continue reading

The terrorists, who kept the Taj Heritage and Oberoi Trident hostage for more than 60 hours on 26/11 were no abnormal screamingly fanatic or paranoid. They seem to be average, common and normal people. And before the 26/11 Indian media were show-casing the astounding exploration of Hindu extremists involved in Malegaon Blasts. Continue reading