In the same period, 18,700 govt schools were closed in India. 41% of 16-18yr old kids are not enrolled in schools, I wonder how many of them could’ve been helped with this 2500cr
indian state has designed its entire education system with a single point agenda of sucking out the joy of life and crushing hopes of the young in order to mass produce loveless and unempathetic adults who could then be turned into subservient custodians of existing social order.
I saw a reel where a woman said "where are the trad wives who are 40, 50 years old? Why aren't they making these barefoot in the kitchen videos? Why is it always a 20 something year old?" Every woman knows the answer.
Why do NRIs settled in developed countries come to India for a vacation and start acting like 10-minute grocery delivery is the gold standard of development?
I would still take clean air, reliable public transport, walkable pavements, and roads without potholes.
turns out, reading voraciously, moving your body, loving people without keeping score, protecting your solitude, chasing nothing but your own growth, and occasionally staying out too late with people who make you laugh until it hurts is not a bad way to build a life.
the pigeon doesn’t understand your disdain for it; it coos for you anyway. the tree does not know you own an axe for it; its leaves sway in the sun anyway. the starving cat eats the poison you put out. it doesn’t know how not to trust. the earth forgives you, in spite of yourself
Wanting an honest education system, and immediate accountability isn’t a political issue, it’s a human one. If a student wants to scream that message from a cockroach party, ruling party, opposition party, Bhangra party or a kitty party…they should have everyone’s support.