The teacher came to me and made me leave the class immediately. Actually I was sleeping in her class. She didn’t even ask once whether I was well or not. This made me think over the changes we face from the school to the college.
In school, the teachers used to be concerned about the students. They shared a great bond with the students. Then ahy does that bond is no more there in the college? The teachers don’t even know the names of the students. People say that it’s because the number of students is larger in the college.
Well… I don’t really agree. I’ve seen schools with larger strength than a college. If college environment is all about being self- centered and not being concerned about people around you, than its better to live in the school environment only. They say they’re preparing us for the real world. Does that mean, that we’ve to become selfish to face the real world.?
A good relationship between the teachers and students is good for everyone. Then students will attend the lectures with interest and not just for the attendance.
Being friendly with the students helps teachers to know them as individuals and not as mere roll numbers. Students also develop respect for their teachers. The respect which comes directly from the heart and is not just to get some good grades. But any day, it’s a two-way process.
Then, hopefully some day the “guru-shishya” relationship will again be as has been depicted in the following lines:
Guru-Gobind dohu khade, kaake lagoon paay!
Balihari Guru aapne Gobind diyo bataay!!
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Friday, July 23, 2010
Meri Dilli Mein Hi Sawwaroon!!!
I was standing at the bus stop, waiting for the bus, to go to the college. The colleges were reopening after the summer holidays. It had been a long time since I saw such a busy road in the morning , (may be because it had been a long time since I actually saw the morning). I saw people speeding towards their respective work places in their cars. Car pooling was a rare scene. May be one in a twenty or so.
Recently I went to South India. Even the richest people there had a bike at their homes and they used it whenever they could. Infact, they preferred to travel in locals and buses, if possible. College students also used motor bikes. Students driving cars was a rare scene. Whereas in Delhi, students get their cars when they are in school only. The parents take it as a prestige issue. They not only support but also insist that their kids should take cars to the school. Most of them get their personal cars during school, or right after the school finishes. This is not only bad for the environment, and traffic but also very risky to the lives of the kids. Students can use the school transport. This helps in the reduction of vehicles on the roads and thus the pollution and the amount of traffic.
People should try to understand that this is our city. We only have to take its care. We always crib about the traffic, pollution etc.but never see that it’s us only who is creating all these problems.
People here use car not only in need but to show off as well. They think bigger the car, bigger will be the reputation. But it is not like this. I have known people who even after being at really high posts have used two wheelers or public transport. Your reputation and prestige is not decided by the size of your car or the number of cars you have.
More and more of public transports should be used. But the Government also needs to work upon the current condition of the public transports. The number of buses should be increased. They should have a good frequency. Condition of the buses needs to be improved. Metro should continue to work like this. If all this goes fine, we can hope that we’ll soon have lesser and lesser traffic jams, reduction in pollution and a greener and a cleaner Delhi. After all it’s “APNI DILLI”…and remember Meri Dilli Mein Hi
Sawwaroon!!!
Recently I went to South India. Even the richest people there had a bike at their homes and they used it whenever they could. Infact, they preferred to travel in locals and buses, if possible. College students also used motor bikes. Students driving cars was a rare scene. Whereas in Delhi, students get their cars when they are in school only. The parents take it as a prestige issue. They not only support but also insist that their kids should take cars to the school. Most of them get their personal cars during school, or right after the school finishes. This is not only bad for the environment, and traffic but also very risky to the lives of the kids. Students can use the school transport. This helps in the reduction of vehicles on the roads and thus the pollution and the amount of traffic.
People should try to understand that this is our city. We only have to take its care. We always crib about the traffic, pollution etc.but never see that it’s us only who is creating all these problems.
People here use car not only in need but to show off as well. They think bigger the car, bigger will be the reputation. But it is not like this. I have known people who even after being at really high posts have used two wheelers or public transport. Your reputation and prestige is not decided by the size of your car or the number of cars you have.
More and more of public transports should be used. But the Government also needs to work upon the current condition of the public transports. The number of buses should be increased. They should have a good frequency. Condition of the buses needs to be improved. Metro should continue to work like this. If all this goes fine, we can hope that we’ll soon have lesser and lesser traffic jams, reduction in pollution and a greener and a cleaner Delhi. After all it’s “APNI DILLI”…and remember Meri Dilli Mein Hi
Sawwaroon!!!
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
KASAB And HIS CASE
“After 26/11, the safest person in India is , ironically……KASAB.”
I saw this group on facebook, and instantly joined it. This is the truth. The true face of the Indian Law. It’s been more than an year since the incident took place. He was arrested from the place of crime. He wasn’t arrested on the basis of any later investigation. His photograph was taken while he was in action, carrying his AK-47 and a bag full of explosives.
He along with his other nine companions, entered into our country, killed innocent people, showed no mercy towards anyone, and still it took so long to give the final verdict. This terror attack was the first of its kind. Never in the past, the people have been killed in this manner. Doesn’t this mean, that in a way they are challenging us? Challenging our government? It took the lives of many policemen, officers, and commandoes to get the situation, which will never be forgotten in the history of the world, under control. The headconstable who caught him, risked his life, to save the lives of the innocent people and not to provide Kasab with such a kind of security.
A few days after Kasab had been arrested, I read, that the main aim behind the attack was to make hostages of a few ministers, who were expected to be staying in one of the hotels attacked, to demand the freedom of some of the terrorist leaders who were in Indian jails. Such an attempt was made, only since the leaders were alive, and hadn’t been punished of their respective crimes. Can’t the same situation be repeated, this time for Kasab?
Crores have already been spent on him, to build a special cell, a special tunnel to take him to the court, for his security. India is a developing nation, with around one third of its population, being below the poverty line. Shouldn’t that amount be spent for the development of such people?
After a few hearings, Kasab himself accepted that he had no right to live for his inhumanitarian act, after watching his videos of 26/11. Still it took so long to award him the death sentence.
If for a case, where the accused accepts his crime, there are proofs available, eye-witnesses are there, it takes so long. Then it is bound to take decades in cases where there are hardly any witnesses, lack of proofs, like Jessica Lal Murder Case, Arushi Case, and many other like these.
It’s high time that amendmends are made in the law. “We should adjust according to the changing times”, this goes for the law as well. Otherwise people will no longer believe in the “JUSTICE.”
I saw this group on facebook, and instantly joined it. This is the truth. The true face of the Indian Law. It’s been more than an year since the incident took place. He was arrested from the place of crime. He wasn’t arrested on the basis of any later investigation. His photograph was taken while he was in action, carrying his AK-47 and a bag full of explosives.
He along with his other nine companions, entered into our country, killed innocent people, showed no mercy towards anyone, and still it took so long to give the final verdict. This terror attack was the first of its kind. Never in the past, the people have been killed in this manner. Doesn’t this mean, that in a way they are challenging us? Challenging our government? It took the lives of many policemen, officers, and commandoes to get the situation, which will never be forgotten in the history of the world, under control. The headconstable who caught him, risked his life, to save the lives of the innocent people and not to provide Kasab with such a kind of security.
A few days after Kasab had been arrested, I read, that the main aim behind the attack was to make hostages of a few ministers, who were expected to be staying in one of the hotels attacked, to demand the freedom of some of the terrorist leaders who were in Indian jails. Such an attempt was made, only since the leaders were alive, and hadn’t been punished of their respective crimes. Can’t the same situation be repeated, this time for Kasab?
Crores have already been spent on him, to build a special cell, a special tunnel to take him to the court, for his security. India is a developing nation, with around one third of its population, being below the poverty line. Shouldn’t that amount be spent for the development of such people?
After a few hearings, Kasab himself accepted that he had no right to live for his inhumanitarian act, after watching his videos of 26/11. Still it took so long to award him the death sentence.
If for a case, where the accused accepts his crime, there are proofs available, eye-witnesses are there, it takes so long. Then it is bound to take decades in cases where there are hardly any witnesses, lack of proofs, like Jessica Lal Murder Case, Arushi Case, and many other like these.
It’s high time that amendmends are made in the law. “We should adjust according to the changing times”, this goes for the law as well. Otherwise people will no longer believe in the “JUSTICE.”
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