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| A Look at India's History of Education |
India has a long history of organised education, like the Gurukul system of education, one of the oldest on Earth, which was dedicated to the highest ideals of all round development, physical, mental and spiritual.
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Poet-politician
Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal is planning a second book of his poems, which is expected to be out later this year. His first collection of poems, I Witness, is a big hit. As a poet-politician, Sibal joins the ranks of V P Singh and A B Vajpayee. In fact, Vajpayee’s collection of poems, Meri Ekyavan Kavitayen, was released by the then PM P V Narasimha Rao. Though a public man, Sibal is a private poet. In I Witness, whatever the theme, inflation, twenty20, 123 pact, et al, there is wit and satire in his poems. His best is on Vajpayee: ‘Let us complete the unfinished tasks and see the man behind the mask … December 6, this nation saw gross violation of law. In retrospect, you say this meant expression of national sentiment’. And a line of advice: ‘Build that mandir in your heart; let not the nation fall apart’. |
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| India's strength is its youth |
India’s youth, often referred to as its demographic dividend, accounts for over 50 per cent of its total population, with 367 universities and 18,000 colleges with half-a-million teachers and about 11 million students on the rolls.
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