Addition To INDIA: A LOW COST COUNTRY!

Recent metro (DMRC) accident is another example to prove that Indians are not concerned with security of life and property, rather they just want to save a few bucks and end up paying heavily for trying to save this meager amount.

ROD SPARED, CHILD SPOILED.. NOW, NO EXAMINATION AND CONFIDENCE LOST!

SPARE THE ROD AND SPOILED THE CHILD!!! My maternal Grand father (Nanaji), Ltae Sh. D.D. Dhawan, who was a gold medalist teacher, scholar, author, mathematician, founder of school among others, used to say this. He was a strong believer of this school of thought. Even I am believer of this school of thought.

I would like to state that I am not in favour of teachers turning into devils and beating child like anything, but I am stating that education and rod go hand in hand. Education is a Wide term much more than literacy. Its teachers' poised duty to educate a child and make him a responsible citizens and rod has lot to do with it.

I thank my teachers to keep rod ready for me hose beating has a role in my making. I have seen in my real life what wonders can be done for child with this rod. There was a friend of mine(am not naming him) he was below average student. his father walked into our coaching institute when he was promoted to class 10Th to ask the teacher to make his child clear this 10Th class exams with at least 50% marks. He passed 9Th class with merely 40% marks. And our teacher assuming her responsibility with the help of her extra efforts, caring tone at times and being rude at other times, using scale as the rod made him clear his 10Th class examinations with 58% marks.

This is just one example.

Now Mr. Kapil Sibal a very senior advocate (so my Respected Senior too) and currently HRD minister with Govt. Of India has come up with a new plan making single board to impart secondary level education throughout India and making this examination (10Th class) optional for the students.

I support my senior's 1st plan. But with due respect for his thoughts would like to state that I don't agree to his SECOND scheme to phase out/make optional the class 10Th examination.

If I talk about me as a student who appeared for the class 10Th exam in the year 2000, I would like to mention that I didn't find this exam as a stressful exam. It was just like any other exam which we were taking in some other school for a change. Even if these exams are tagged to be full of stress exams, then this stress is necessary. This stress will lay down 1st step in preparing child for handling stress through his life. LIFE IS NOT A CAKEWALK! Life has to lived up in a very alert way. It is filled with lot of decisions taken under stressful situation. Rather life continues only if it is able to clear the stressful situations in a successful manner which is possible only because of our decisions.

Now a days everyone is after MBA, MBA is all about preparing a candidate for working under stressful situations. If a child is made to live easier life how will he sustain MBA curriculum and moreover Curriculum of life and his job/business/profession??

In the recent past class 10Th and 12Th examinations have been made very easy. 20% to 30% marks are in the hands of school teachers by way of internal assessment, submitting projects etc. and for remaining 70% to 80% 3 hrs and 15 mins are granted to child as compared to our times when there were no internal assessment etc and for 100 marks exam we were granted 3 hrs in total. All this is already reducing education quality and now above all this even exams are planned to e phased out.

So I request Hon'ble HRD minister not to make these exams optional neither phase them out. Rather they should be more efficient and of better quality which produces strong human beings who are in turn have to run this nation. Otherwise there will be weak citizens who will be young, impatient and unable to take any firm decision for themselves and for nation's too.

AUSTRALIA BEING AUSTIN.

We Indians are very mobilise people. Its our brain because of which this world is working. Its we who are the youngest nation in this world with very capable learning and decision making mind. We can be found in any part of this world, the reason behind this is that we love to share our knowledge and culture and always outshines others and not that we don't have opportunity in our home. Also we have a craze to see this world and not that we are crazy people that we want to live out of our country.

Our history is a proof of a fact that we convert our environment as per our needs and make that other place a mini India.

CURRENT SCENARIO IN AUSTRALIA!

What all is going on in Australia it shows that Indians are unwanted there. But they are not giving it a thought that its their universities who invite Indian students, we are paying a Lakhs Crores of Rupees to them as fees, providing them with skilled manpower among other relevant factors. They are developed economy but do not have much skilled manpower. Their children are not into studies so much then how they expect to get a good job?? Its because of our labour in that country that they are able to get unemployment pension.

RACIAL OR JEALOUSY?

I don't think that the attacks on Indian students in Australia are the reason of racial abuse rather they are the result of jealousy. YES its a jealousy in the minds of Australians which is prompting them to take such actions. They are not ready to accept outsiders superior to them.

ROLE OF AUSTRALIAN GOVT.

Role of Australian Govt has been very unacceptable up till now. it seems that either they are helpless or they want to promote all this. They are not proving to be responsible welfare govt machinery. They are not in a position to safe guard their guests whom they themselves have invited.

ROLE OF INDIAN GOVT.

Surprisingly Role of Indian Govt is very awkward. Either they don't have courage to take a stand or they do not have this much prudence to understand all this or they do not want its subjects residing in Australia to live with dignity.

Our Hon'ble External Affairs Minister Sh. S.M. Krishna in one of his interviews asked Indian students living in Australia to keep themselves calm, instead of taking some serious action.

DESIRED FROM INDIAN GOVT.

As per my opinion, our Govt should have sent some senior politician or senior officer to Australia as a guardian of all the Indian Students living in Australia to sort out the matter and to ensure safety for its subjects. And should have taken a strong stand on this issue instead of just a few statements. They should have said to Indian students not to worry about their studies and should have made some arrangement in our country itself to help them complete their remaining parts of their studies.

Though I have lot of matter on this issue to write but, I would like to end my article here with a hope and prayer that my friends studying in Australia remain safe and live with dignity. And hope that Govts. of both the countries take some Strong steps to ensure proper living standards for Indian Students THERE.

INDIA: A LOW COST COUNTRY!

INDIA: A LOW COST COUNTRY!

India, a very big country with biggg population which distinct in many things like colour, language, food among many others. But there is a habit which is very common and can be found at any part of it. This habit however, can be termed as unknowing and unaware linking force among such a vast distinct people(s).

The habit can be recognised by three words:

sasta(cheap)

sundar(beautiful)

tikau(durable)

In short SST. Emergence of SST can be trapped from its ancient history. now it has become the custom and it originates from custom and a custom has its roots deep inside the society and its history.

Many examples can be quoted to show the relevance of SST in Indian context. Here people wants to get all there work done and for that nobody wants to spend even a single Rupee (Penny). Savings is the integral part of Indian preachings. But people misinterpret this savings. This Saving is all about saving from your income or by cutting down on wasteful expenditure. But here people interpret it as saving from any means even by cutting down on necessary expenditure, even at the cost of own health or at the cost of public health and interest.

Lets take a few acts of Govt as an example:

1. Providing poor with enough wheat to eat. Here emphasis is on quantity and not the quality of food.

2. Providing its subjects with low cost and cheap mode of transport, even if it is uncomfortable, without thinking about its increased cost in terms of:

a) increased wastage of time and hence delay in every work,

b) increased cost of state due to poor health standards caused due to bad travelling.

3. Still not making its offices Fully air conditioned and providing proper sitting arrangements. This leads to lethargic behaviour of its employees. They keep out of offices for the want of cool air and proper sitting, again leading to pendancy of work.

Now let me point out a few habits of Citizens:

1. Transporting goods through there scooters or cars by opening the back door to save a few bucks, even at the cost of public interest and health. It may lead to serious accidents (i suffered one) but it definitely save a few ignorable amount of money.

2. Again using three wheelers (eg Vikram auto) to transport goods, they ply at the speed of 20 km/hr even on the expressways. Leading to bad accidents.

3. Driving on wrong side of the road to save some petrol, which if leads to any accident will cost dear.

4. Here people will eat 2 days old food also since it costed them a few bucks, without even considering the aftereffects i.e. if by eating it they fall ill, they'll have to visit a doctor whose fees and medicines will be many folds the cost of that food.

5. People are preferring diesel cars over petrol ones to save on running cost. They do not take into consideration the high capital value of diesel version, its less resale value, its high maintenance, the amount pollution a diesel vehicle emits is more than petrol version hence effecting environment and society as a whole.

6. A very recent example in this regard is an explosion which occurred when a person was filling its auto LPG cylinder with the help of piped nozzle from LPG cylinder used for domestic consumption. Since this cylinder is supplied at subsidised rates so this could have saved him a few bucks but unfortunately it lead to explosion while performing this act.

This has not saved him as much in years as it has destroyed in a matter of few seconds. His car gutted, he himself was into flames. His more than six family members were injured. His neighbour's home was completely gutted, many of his neighbours also got hurt. A motorcycle standing nearby also got into flames. Besides this there was loss of public property like roads.

CONCLUSION

I would like to conclude here by pleading govt and citizens to do cost analysis before thinking of saving cost by any means b'coz saving cost by any means may put them even behind the bars.

So please think before you think to save and live by spending that much which is necessary to for a safe society.