my thoughts

  The topic under discussion today was not the first choice for this month but became the focal point due to two incidents. First, my interaction with a gentleman from the parallel system of tuition culture, and the second, an article in a Hindi Newspaper by Sh. Girishawar Mishra, former Vice-Chancellor, Mahatma Gandhi International University, Vardha, (and the third incident happened while I was writing my thoughts). I would like to narrate these in brief. By the way, in the first case, the gentleman was from a reputed coaching center and was keen to meet as a courtesy visit. After initial pleasantries, he asked me an important question related to dummy schools, how was it possible to get rid of these types of schools which are eating away our formal education system? I was pleasantly surprised that someone from a coaching center felt the same way as many of us do in the formal education system. What transpired between us will be shared later in the article. But before I could forget

  At the outset, I would like to thank all my learned readers for their response to one of the most talked-about topics but unfortunately not much has been done on the ground. I would always remain grateful to Mr. Arvind Bhat, Director of Samvad and a very well-known speaker and theatre artist, who is a source of motivation to continue expressing my thoughts on different issues. I know it very well that he possesses much more knowledge than what I do and write but still makes me feel as if he knows very little, though as I mentioned the opposite of this is true. His comments on my blogs are always an eye-opener for me and the latest comments on the topic "Break the Bias" have forced me to think further and realize the extreme stand depicted in the blog. Though I still stand by my thoughts and would like to balance the views, hence I have to continue on the same topic. While listening to the interaction of Ms. Nirupma Rao (former foreign secretary) I realized that though she