THINK HUMANE, TEACH INDIA

The Teach India initiative from the Times of India stable is a laudable effort. This is on two counts. The first, is the idea to do something about an issue which it reported in one of its stories as very grave – the shortage of teachers in primary schools. They newspaper did not stop with that, they went on to implement and take the initiative which most of us rarely do. All the armchair critics like us are contend at brandishing in elaborate terms what's missing but never make that one step in the direction of the journey that will take our progress forward by 1000 miles. The newspaper however did both, created an awareness and then went on to take the necessary step to make an effort to put things in the right path. It is not a mere campaign or a propaganda but a concerted effort with the idea of making India better.

Those of you who can read this piece and the writer are very fortunate to be among a microscopic minority who have been blessed to have the opportunity to receive education at a very sophisticated level compared to the poor children on streets with tattered clothes and hungry stomachs dreaming to get past the present day with at least one square meal. The opportunities and the benefits we enjoy today can be linked directly to our education. In fact, education is the backbone of the rise of the “The great Indian middle class'.

Most of the our active hours of our days are spent brooding on questions like “why me?”, “Oh not again” and the ideas that seem to suggest anything that our lives are perplexing miseries. That will not be the case if we care to think about the crores of unfortunate and economically downtrodden tiny tots forced to work like animals in match factories and other such appalling work conditions. If we take time to reflect upon those below us, even the most self-centered amongst us will know that we are indeed living in a heaven and we can make it a hell only by our illogical thought process. Given the situation, it is but obligatory on our part to respond to the call of the society to spend a minimum amount of time to at least make this initiative known to the people if not be an active part of it. Click here to know the more about it.