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Comment on Too many Ramayanas- prologue by Lights, camera, fiction | Sourav Roy

Lights, camera, fiction | Sourav Roy — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:15:52 +0000

[...] the novel, and are left with the scope to compare. But drawing incidents from tales that are as popular and diverse as Ramayana or Mahabharata is indeed a challenge for [...]

Comment on Colleges and Society by A nation can’t run faster than its education | Sourav Roy

A nation can’t run faster than its education | Sourav Roy — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:10:27 +0000

[...] converge for providing the quality education for every child? Education alone has the power to resolve all the major problems India faces today- may it be poverty, or health, or political leadership. A [...]

Comment on Why can’t we become teachers? by A nation can’t run faster than its education | Sourav Roy

A nation can’t run faster than its education | Sourav Roy — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:10:24 +0000

[...] For instance, I wonder if India has made any seminal progress in allowing independence of thought. Intrinsic feudal attitudes that might have set in from the numerous invasions on India, are yet to change. The oppressive learning methods of the British colonial age have not yet been reformed yet. In the feudal age, independent thinking might not have mattered much because the royals were expected to think the well being of the people. But in a democracy, where public discourse is paramount, independent thinking is extremely critical. Swamiji also raises his concern on lack of originality. It essentially needs devotion from both teachers and students. Our education system is based more on vocational training. While this is necessary, there is a need of education that inspires intrinsic love and duty towards the profession, which should not be a matter of merely money, but something for which a teacher takes extra pain and performs in his vocation considering it a mission of his life. [...]

Comment on Where the mind is without fear! by A nation can’t run faster than its education | Sourav Roy

A nation can’t run faster than its education | Sourav Roy — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:10:21 +0000

[...] methods of the British colonial age have not yet been reformed yet. In the feudal age, independent thinking might not have mattered much because the royals were expected to think the well being of the [...]

Comment on We don’t need no education! by A nation can’t run faster than its education | Sourav Roy

A nation can’t run faster than its education | Sourav Roy — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:10:17 +0000

[...] attitudes that might have set in from the numerous invasions on India, are yet to change. The oppressive learning methods of the British colonial age have not yet been reformed yet. In the feudal age, independent thinking [...]

Comment on Saffron clad monk by A nation can’t run faster than its education | Sourav Roy

A nation can’t run faster than its education | Sourav Roy — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:10:14 +0000

[...] Swami Vivekananda had written this letter to Shrimati Sarala Ghoshal, editor of The Bharati, Darjeeling, on the 24th of April, 1897. It is indeed interesting how, 115 years later, everything written about Indian education in the letter still applies. [...]

Comment on Your children are not your children by Manish Mukul Ghosh

Manish Mukul Ghosh — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:20:27 +0000

Is a labourer not good, then?

Comment on Too many Ramayanas- the hindu and buddhist tellings by Epifanio

Epifanio — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:33:10 +0000

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Comment on Saffron clad monk by 500 blows | Sourav Roy

500 blows | Sourav Roy — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:14:20 +0000

[...] वदन्ति॥” This shloka was later simplified by Swami Vivekananda for general masses. He said- “Arise, Awake, and Stop Not Till the Goal Is Reached!” I [...]

Comment on Are we turning into robots? by 500 blows | Sourav Roy

500 blows | Sourav Roy — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:14:17 +0000

[...] a process of learning more tools and technologies. But when I look around, I see many people lost in modern gadgets. These people can’t figure out today’s date or recall a phone number without diving [...]

Comment on 2001: A Space Odyssey by 500 blows | Sourav Roy

500 blows | Sourav Roy — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:14:12 +0000

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