A Vision of India's Future and your Roll in it.

Points: Independence in 1947 — collective efforts needed — future India — Individual contribution.

            A gulf yawns between the India of today and the India of my dream. India was under the British rule for nearly two centuries and her growth as a nation was crippled by the subjugation. The political freedom achieved in 1947 opened the floodgates of progress and new possibilities. We began our journey then towards economic self-sufficiency and social justice. The march is still on and the goal still enticing. 
We are all creatures of history. But history is no accident, it is created by man — not by a single man but men taken collectively and every man has something to contribute to the common destiny. The individual effort contributes to the collective pool and the individual’s dream to the collective dream.
            I would like to see in near future my country make rapid progress and catch up with the advanced countries like USA, USSR and Japan. The India of my dream will be free from poverty, disease and superstition. It will ensure an egalitarian society of peace and amity. Its people will enjoy the latest benefits of modern science anti will also have a scientific attitude to everything. The dreams of Swami Vivekananda and Rabindranath will become a reality. India will be free from poor imitation of the West and free from false dogmas. The differences between towns and villages will go and men and women will become equal partners in all fields of life. Literacy will be universal and the country’s air and water will be pollutant-free. Solar energy will be, widely used like computer, and India will be a leading country in space researches. Science and culture will flourish equally in the India of my dream.
            My role in achieving the dream will be doing my best at whatever post I happen to be. I will contribute my mite and will expect others to do theirs. Just as drops of water make an ocean, so each individual effort, each act of honesty, integrity and patriotism will, I believe, bring my dream of a bright, happy and modern India to a living reality.

Student Unrest

Points: Unrest among students is symptomatic — The mayor causes — Teachers’ role to remove unrest.

            People talk about unrest among students. They complain that there is more indiscipline among students now than before. Students form the youngest section of our population. By nature, youths are full of vitality and activity. If that energy finds no normal outlet, they become restive.
            Students are not independent of the society they live in. If the society is full of anomalies, the students cannot but he affected by them. Poverty, injustice, corruption, unemployment, strike, immorality, opportunist politics, illiteracy, diseases — these have their evil effects on the young minds. They become attracted to violence and anarchy. They suffer from tension and often lose mental balance. The growing unrest among students is only a reflection of the growing disorder in the society itself. It has to be remedied there.
            The educational institutions should have their independence. Otherwise they will be overshadowed by politics and will become the hotbed of all the evils of politics. We need bold and upright teachers who alone can turn the tide and give a new leadership. The students need living examples before them. They need hope and encouragement and also some idealism. If they have these, there will be no unrest among students any longer.