Points: Need of political awareness in a democracy — A student’s primary object: study — Partisan politics to be avoided.
India is a democratic country. In a democracy, political consciousness should be universal. Every adult citizen takes part in our country’s election. If he is not aware of the political crosscurrents he cannot exercise his vote properly. Students are future citizens. Student life should be an apprenticeship for adult life. So students should be familiar with the national politics in all its varieties.
But the primary objects of student life is to acquire knowledge. If a student becomes actively involved in politics and becomes a member of this or that political party, he is sure to devote less time for study. Political parties should stop recruiting their party members from colleges and universities. They should wait till the students have completed their formal education. When India was not free, students’ participation in the national liberation struggle was all right. But in free India we should think deeply over the whole issue.
Students’ unions and clubs should have various social activities. They should be allowed to run their own clubs, magazines, wallpapers etc. In western countries, students often run their own campus news papers. We can introduce many such things in our schools and colleges. Partisan politics generates more heat than light and brings in narrowness and one-sidedness. Political debates, studies, discussions and writings are all right, but direct and active politics may not be good for the students.
India is a democratic country. In a democracy, political consciousness should be universal. Every adult citizen takes part in our country’s election. If he is not aware of the political crosscurrents he cannot exercise his vote properly. Students are future citizens. Student life should be an apprenticeship for adult life. So students should be familiar with the national politics in all its varieties.
But the primary objects of student life is to acquire knowledge. If a student becomes actively involved in politics and becomes a member of this or that political party, he is sure to devote less time for study. Political parties should stop recruiting their party members from colleges and universities. They should wait till the students have completed their formal education. When India was not free, students’ participation in the national liberation struggle was all right. But in free India we should think deeply over the whole issue.
Students’ unions and clubs should have various social activities. They should be allowed to run their own clubs, magazines, wallpapers etc. In western countries, students often run their own campus news papers. We can introduce many such things in our schools and colleges. Partisan politics generates more heat than light and brings in narrowness and one-sidedness. Political debates, studies, discussions and writings are all right, but direct and active politics may not be good for the students.
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