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The other day we were discussing among ourselves the motivation of students to study.  And some of the views of friends were really surprising. One of them said,  'these students are not really students, they are individuals, the class is a group of individuals, not really group of students'.  I thought let me think in my mind what ideally a student is. A student has a drive to learn new things, a student has urge to know more, a student has desire to excel, a student want to compete with others, a student raises questions, a student prepares and participates, a student engages him/herself in studies, etc etc. And then it struck to my mind, if a student is not doing either of this activity, one can not really call a student a student.   This is what gave me questions to raise and solutions to find for the problem that we, the teachers, are facing. Our experiences may not be generalised to all students at all geographies and I also wish that it is proved wro...

I have been thinking about great people and their faculties.  Just thought about following and feel there are many myths about success and achieving greatness and many times we focus on the activities which may not really be as important as their counter activities.  So thought of Intelligence, Mind and Brain, Institutions, Qualification, Degrees and Diplomas, Destination, Profit, Output, Expectation, Pride, Position, Philanthropy, Rigidity, Styles, Relationships, Companionship, and Competition, Tangibles, Acceptance, Expectations, Dexterity etc.  All these are important and contribute well for attaining targets, however their counter terms as a focal points for action become more important.   Though MORE makes it highly relative and I have no intention, whatsoever to get into an exercise of measuring it.  However I am convinced about the hidden importance of counter terms which needs more concentratio...

इंडियन पैनोरमा के द्वारा   शिलांग मे आयोजित फिल्मोत्सव के अंतिम दिन (६ मार्च, २०१४) ,   यानि कल ,   निष्ठा जैन द्वारा निर्देशित   ‘ गुलाबी गैंग ’   देखी।   सम्पत पाल के प्रयासों द्वारा बनाए गए गुलाबी गैंग की प्रष्टभूमि उत्तर प्रदेश के बुंदेलखंड क्षेत्र के बांदा जिले मे स्थित ग्रामों मे महिलाओं के प्रति बड्ते अत्याचारों की कहानी है। भारतीय समाज का एक बहुत बड़ा हल्का इस मद मे लिप्त है कि पारिवारिक ,   सामाजिक व आर्थिक निर्णयों मे पुरुष की प्रधानता सार्वभौम है। इतना ही नहीं लड़कियों व महिलाओं का मानसिक व शारीरिक शोषण इस पुरुष-प्रधान समाज का एक अंग सा बन गया है। उत्तर प्रदेश ,   हरियाणा ,   राजस्थान व देश के कई अन्य स्थानो पर महिलाओं के प्रति अन्याय व उनका शोषण   आय दिन की बात हो गई है।   सबसे चौकाने वाली बात तो यह है कि शोषितों के परिवार वाले भी उनके साथ खड़े होने को तैयार नहीं हैं और इसको भगवान व प्रकृति के द्वारा किया कृत्य   मान कर संतुष्ट   हैं। शोषण कर्ता के खिलाफ आवाज उठाना असंभव सा दीखता है। ऐसी परिस्थितियों मे ...