Dear Readers,
No matter where one goes or what he does, one is always accompanied by certain core principles and a basic hue imparted to him by his education. When I was a student at JNU, I remember that a group of students used to run a make-shift evening school for the children of all those laborers who were engaged in the construction works on campus. It was a great feeling to witness those kids with the conviction that one day, these very children will probably grow up to receive higher education in some capacity or the other.I vividly remember attending one of the annual celebrations of this special school. It was a pure delight. The kids were beaming with energy and most of them had sparkling glints in their eyes.
The University I teach at currently is a new one and there is some construction work going on in our campus as well. The workers toil from morning till evening braving intense heat and deadly dry winds. Their children are fortunately kept at bay from child-labor and so they while away their time in the vicinity. Yesterday , just as I reached my academic block, I saw these little ones immersed in their own activities. I paused for a moment to observe them.
They were playing joyously in the surroundings. I was excited to watch them pluck jujube berry from its bushes. I recollected memories of tasting this fruit for the first time in my village as a child of same age. To gather the ones that were higher, they hurled stones at the plant. At that moment, I thought that the real success and achievement of any education system of any nation lays in the promise that children from the utmost disprivileged backgrounds are able to attend higher educational institutions. As far as India is concerned, this seems to be a far cry. None the less, we should fix our targets keeping this promise in our minds. One day we would see these very children walk the corridors of the Universities that their parents built. That day these fellows will actually be able to taste the berries hanging highest on the bush of civilisation.
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