All and sundry must have come across the quote on a fellow mate's t-shirt which read- " I was born INTELLIGENT, but EDUCATION ruined me "
The Times LIFE this sunday carried this article on how more and more educated people are commiting crimes.The figures were vaguely something like from 8-9% to 11-12% of the total, if i got it right. Although you may want to exclaim that's like a very miniscule increase by all standards. But considering the fact that india is such a huge country the 3-4% increase spells a huge number of people.
It's said that lot of it was due to pent up anger and an instant of maddening rage. The cases quoted - the Arushi Talwar and the Neeraj Grover murder cases. The first case has a dentist father involved, the next one has a naval guy who was a topper in his batch and an upcoming actress butcherin the body to 300 pieces.
It also mentioned that the range of age in which most people in this category fall was 18-30 and in mumbai it was more like 18-21. The point that i'm trying
to make here is that this, i suppose, is the most trying age - as in everybody is under pressure to make decisions around this time which will affect their
lives for the next 20-30 years(in most cases). Now that's a helluva lotta pressure because you have not encountered such an important phase in your life.
And then to add to all that there is the expectation from the society(that is the people around you) which you have to keep up and meet. Although a few might
want to believe that it should not have any significance, but deep down i guess it really does - whether directly or indirectly. You cannot discount the fact
that in the back of everybody's mind there remains an imprint of at least what your parents expect of you, in the most basic terms.
Now all this competition and everything mentioned above is something people of earlier generations were not facing, at least, not of the same magnitude.
This is bound to drive people on the edge and keep them there for long enough to build up to a society in which the aforementioned incidents are becoming
more frequent and becoming of a much more brutal nature.
This should ideally give fodder for thought to the leaders in our country who are responsible for the education system that india so proudly boasts about.
And i suppose even we, as students and, facing the above have to consider and ponder on this issue. Because we are not exactly untouched by the mentioned phenomena.
regards
poi
P.S. u must forgive me for spoiling the fun and jovial nature of the other posts!
On the title
5 years ago
5 comments:
if you guys want it, il;l remove it from here and put it in my blog thing. tats if u feel its rather not in the spirit of the blog, overall.
Don't be stupid. Anythign that involves us students is relevant to put in here. Yes, belting will still be our first love!
About the post, its something bound to happen, with so much of pressure, competition in today's industry.
Sorry, typo.
Don't be foolish. It definitely belongs here. As to the blog itself, I guess that's why we have parents. They're here to guide us through the toughest part of our lives (supposedly). Not many people realise that and hence do things they later regret.
I would rather blame the american way of life and violent lifestyles for young criminals. Continually the TV screams out that taking another human life is no big deal.
As for the education system, the competition is not something brought in by the government. Whatever system you choose there will be that dedicated hardworking jackass out to oust your chances by the sheer magnitude of work he puts in. So there is no cure, given the rapid rise in population. (And these souls)
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