Education for LIFE

I strongly believe that EDUCATION is preparing children people for LIFE itself, not for merely a CAREER. Education is not about starting from pre-KG to a 12^th grade and getting a certificate. It is not a hunting ground for a career. You start hunting and then end-up with prospective buyers and sellers in the market. You figure out what is the more lucrative as of today. Education then gets translated into all these wrong areas.

But that is not always the case. Even if you earn the money you want, what do you do with it? How do you handle it? What is your attitude to it? The answer to all these questions is what education is all about.

There is this confusion between preparing for a job with the means of education. Education is much larger, deeper, and wider than finding a job. It is not about finding a job, it is not about making money, and it is not about seeking power or whatever!

One must understand the word SUCCESS in life. You are more successful if you handle yourself well anywhere. That is personal achievement. I believe that everybody who is handling himself well and has a wholesome personality is an achiever by himself. You need not reach heights to achieve that in terms of popularity or celebrity status. You have to be a self-manager and I think that is what our Indian culture taught us.

“Prepare yourself. You the person,” and that should be the nucleus of education. That is why in those days; people came from all over the world to Taxila, to Ujjain and to Banaras. Searching for that land of wisdom, which could impart the right kind of education. This is what our ancestors in ancient India have left us with. If you are just able to tap into that wisdom of ancient India, you are fine.

It is a treasure trove of knowledge. It is truly unique. It is what I call the ROUTE to our ROOT.

More later, on ROUTE to our ROOT.