[Ilugc] Fwd: [ILUG-BOM] Interview of Linus Torvalds; He Also Speaks Of Sad Situation Of India
- From: technocraze@xxxxxxxxx (technocraze)
- Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2011 02:49:55 +0530
On 11/3/2011 5:43 PM, Girish Venkatachalam wrote:
In India, we all want to make our parents proud. Fundamentally our
value system places a lot of emphasis on education and I do not talk
about any particular community or ethnic group.
This seems to be a cultural trend in this subcontinent.
No.. The current trend is very recent one, triggered first by craze for
Government Jobs, and then later by IT sector. People went to college,
to get a degree, because, only if they get a degree, they will get
government job. And if they get govt job, they will get good bride
(Good looking, good dowry, etc etc).. The rot is somewhere else..
Prior to these government jobs craze, education was purposeful.. please
read *www.dharampal.net *on the indigenous education system. We had
more than 1 lakh schools in Madras Province alone during 18th century,
while at the same time, Britain had just 15000 schools.. The British
took lot of things from Indian education system, implemented it there,
and then destroyed the original setup in india.
For eg, from 1800 to 1850, Sanskrit course was the Top Most sought one, in most
universities across Europe. That's how the europeans learned the art of
structured language, which was later incorporated in programming languages.
The Backus Naur form is essentially the Sanskrit Grammar.
On the other hand, we had been de-sanskritised, and de-educated using the
macaulyte system.
(Please dont link sanskrit with religion.. i am writing on generic angle)..
This loss of native education system, pushed us few centuries back, whereas the
west stole our concepts and advanced further. ( Can any one understand the
link b/w Trigonometry, and Tiri Gona Mathy.. Thiri-Gonam = 3 angles )
Indian society places lot of emphasis on education.. but it was once
upon a time.. NOT present.. today, indian society uses education as a
tool to attain status, luxury.. and in that, we lost the purpose..
It is like this.
Many Indians( I get reminded of Neeya Naaana programme in Vijay TV)
are doing engineering under duress. They are not really passionate.
NOT just engineering.. Every college degree is without purpose.. Has
any of the educational institutions solved any problems in our society?
(Including IIT??)
My district namakkal is a transport hub, now facing so many problems..
there are around 30 engineering colleges in this... but NONE of the
mechanical students know anything about engines or other automobile
parts.. But, an ordinary worker in the workshop, will find the fault
in the engine, just by observing its sound..
That is a very deep cultural thing. Nobody can erase it. Nobody can improve
it.
We are born that way. The same way we are born with a certain nose and
have a certain height.
This is pessimistic.. As explained above, this is not cultural thing..
we can change.. but for that, we need to understand ourselves, our
history and our native education system.. (again refer
www.dharampal.net )
Regards,
Senthil
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