Visited my alma mater, Indian High School yesterday, where I first set foot in 30 years back. Remembered the good old times, and mused on how difficult they make it current students to bunk classes. Earlier, we could just hop across wall to the Sindhi Club (formerly Indian Sports Club). Now, there is a whole building in between. Students need to be more creative now.
On a more serious note, it feel strange to see all these innocent and curious children being steadily worked on to have their pure open minds replaced with indoctrinated narrow ones, filled with a lot of information and very little learning. In retrospect, Moral Science classes used to be a formality (maybe they still do). Such is modern day education. Thank God there is Bal Vikas.
On another note, there was a declamation contest going on with students speaking in the national language wearing western costumes. Wearing western clothing will make us as westernised as speaking in Hindi will make us Indians.
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