I have some bad habits. For example, whenever I go to someone's home these days, I mean in summer vacations, and if I find that the youngest one of the family has completed his/her school, I ask for the text books! I collect as much text books as possible from any standard upto 10th. I have good collection of text books of Marathi, English and Urdu medium. I must say, Maharashtra's Balbharti text books are excellent; for they give very clear understanding of the basics of the subject.
The other bad habit is that I read those text books. All of them. Repeatedly!
The next and worst of all habit is that after reading such text books I think! The thing least expected from any Indian by our mai-baap Sarkar. I sincerely believe, our netas, babus and whoever in power howsoever little that may be, are of the opinion that the janta should never think. Because if the janta start thinking it will ask questions and the questions are not comfortable.
Every day we see and read in media how the questions asked by janta through RTI queries are treated with resistance by the people in power and especially babus.
So what I was saying is that after reading text books, the questions come to my mind are not very different than the questions the school going children ask. Why our MPs, MLAs or the municipal corporators behave in the house in the manner what we see live on television? Why such huge amount of cash is found in the houses of netas and babus? The fundamental laws of economics say that we need money to satisfy our needs. Do people have needs exceeding hundreds of crores of rupees? What netas, babus and their wives do with kilos of gold ornaments? Man need shelter. Shelter means house. Why people have so many houses? Do they live in all those houses at the same time?
After some time I realize that I passed school decades ago. I am no more a school going kid. It is bad habit to read such school text books at this age. Such questions are called silly questions by grown up people in India. I abruptly shut that window of my mind and pick up the latest issue of law reports and start trying to understand what really our grown up people do and how our courts undo their actions.
After reading law reports, I regret why I grew up. I start realizing how amazing is the world of text books and what is written in it.
The other bad habit is that I read those text books. All of them. Repeatedly!
The next and worst of all habit is that after reading such text books I think! The thing least expected from any Indian by our mai-baap Sarkar. I sincerely believe, our netas, babus and whoever in power howsoever little that may be, are of the opinion that the janta should never think. Because if the janta start thinking it will ask questions and the questions are not comfortable.
Every day we see and read in media how the questions asked by janta through RTI queries are treated with resistance by the people in power and especially babus.
So what I was saying is that after reading text books, the questions come to my mind are not very different than the questions the school going children ask. Why our MPs, MLAs or the municipal corporators behave in the house in the manner what we see live on television? Why such huge amount of cash is found in the houses of netas and babus? The fundamental laws of economics say that we need money to satisfy our needs. Do people have needs exceeding hundreds of crores of rupees? What netas, babus and their wives do with kilos of gold ornaments? Man need shelter. Shelter means house. Why people have so many houses? Do they live in all those houses at the same time?
After some time I realize that I passed school decades ago. I am no more a school going kid. It is bad habit to read such school text books at this age. Such questions are called silly questions by grown up people in India. I abruptly shut that window of my mind and pick up the latest issue of law reports and start trying to understand what really our grown up people do and how our courts undo their actions.
After reading law reports, I regret why I grew up. I start realizing how amazing is the world of text books and what is written in it.
