Is Academics All Important In Life??

I have always felt that life is incomplete without arts and sports. How I wish we, Indians, had aped the West in terms of the importance they give to learning some art or the other rather than having aped values destroying our culture. The novels depicting English boarding schools have always made me yearn for things I have not given time to. Kids in the West are exposed to various arts and sports whereas here in India we give importance only to academics. We judge people based on their educational background and even in that we are too narrow minded that we can't appreciate the fineness of self help courses. To educated Indians, being a Doctor, an Engineer, a Chartered Accountant are the only options available which can be considered worthwhile and respectful. Anything other than the ones mentioned above are not respected in the society nor is their presence acknowledged. How pathetic our society is!

I hope the coming generations realize the value of a complete and healthy life. Success in life is not just about being successful academically but also about being happy, healthy and peace loving. Appreciating the fineness of the finer side of life and being tough enough to face the hardships in life is something that Arts and Sports teach us. Let us give up our prejudice and start life afresh! Come, lets cherish life!

Preserving Culture or Destroying Human Rights????

The recent attack on women in Mangalore pubs just about proves the existence of poisoned and corrupt(emotionally and culturally corrupt) minds in India!

These attacks are a disgrace not just for the country but for the whole human race. The society that we live in today has gone way ahead in terms of technological advancements and economic growth but sadly human mind is still immature, prejudiced and emotionally defective!

Today the country's roads are not just unsafe for women but unsafe for brothers and sisters to walk on. For, they may be mistook for a couple and attacked on for no valid reason. Totally insane.

I am no believer in Western style of living(as people call it) but certainly I do believe that every human on earth has the right to live his life the way he wishes without hindering the interests of anybody else.

The recent proclamation by a certain group of individuals( I am not mentioning their name not out of fear but to keep my tongue clean!) to marry away couples found together on Valentines Day is beyond words of condemnation. Atrocious! The minds have become so narrow that clear thinking is lost forever!

Whenever I think about the self-proclaimed protectors of Indian Culture, I remember just one saying,

"Everybody sees his own reflection in others!"