Skip to main content

The french Revolution

I saw, I took, I cast you by,
I bent and broke your pride,
And a myriad suns have set and shone..
Since then upon the grave.

William Ernest.

It’s been two weeks almost, and yet the incident is clear in my head. It was a Sunday morning and I had gone for a free eye camp conducted in a school in Vasco. A non descript building, which shared it’s wall with the airport runway , so every time an air plane took off, it nearly scraped the paint of the roof of the school. But I doubt the school had been painted since it’s inception.
I sat at the teachers desk, as people trickled in. At some point during the day I opened the desk drawer out of curiosity and found sheaves of question papers. It was the 9 std history paper, on the French revolution. 20 questions ranging from ‘ What did the delegates at the first continental congress declare’, to ‘how did the mob revolt against the king on 14 july ,1789’. There were questions on the boston tea party, the glorious years of Louis XVI . I didn’t know a single answer, and it was hilarious just reading the questions.
A school, where the principal had just thanked the chief guest for donating 30 desks and chairs to the school, where you could hardly hear yourself over the drone of aeroplanes, there were children from the nearby slums, who came to school and answered exams on the French revolution.
It was irony at it’s best, and I looked up to share it with someone. But I doubted if my professor would appreciate the mockery of the eduction system that the paper represented.
So I slipped one of the question papers in my bag, as future reference to a blog.
But never got around to writing it, because it seemed so pointless. Yes what they teach us in schools is , the fine art of rote learning, yes the French revolution might mean nothing to the slum kids. Yes our education system needed a major facelift. But we all know this right? So why flog a dead horse? I threw the question paper in the bin.
Then today I saw 3 Idiots, the movie.I came back and took the question paper out of the dust bin , and I sit here writing this blog at 1:30 at night, sitting in my balcony (because the internet reception isn’t good in the room).
I am so proud of Indian cinema, and of Chetan Bhagat, to be able to make the bitter truth, into something more palatable for people.
Is there any solution to the problems.. nope not yet.. but I dare say that soon it will be dawn.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Greetings i am fresh here. I came upon this message board I have found It vastly helpful and it has helped me a lot. I should be able to give something back and help other users like it has helped me.

Thank You, See You Later
Anonymous said…
Good Day i am new to this. I stumbled upon this forum I have found It vastly useful & it's helped me out tons. I hope to contribute & support other users like its helped me.

Cheers, Catch You Later.

Popular posts from this blog

Watered - The premier women's retreat

 " Can you imagine a woman that knows her worth, honours her body and walks in her power and truth. a woman that stands for true sisterhood, and loves without conditions A woman so strongly rooted in the rhythms of nature, that she embodies all things real and sacred. That woman is you. "   " Nourish Your Soul, Nurture Your Dreams: Experience 'Watered' - The Premier Women's Retreat!"   Imagine a beautiful beachside retreat, you wake up to a soulful sunrise followed by movement meditation and walking meditations on the beach. Gorgeous plates of nourishing food as you gaze out at sea. Spend your mornings in creative and exciting activities. Spend your afternoons in connection with nature and connection with other women while playing games and sharing insights. And evenings attending drum circles on the beach, and end the day with sessions of singing bowls, gratitude practices and dancing in the moonlight. If you have always wanted to go to a girl'

The Goddess Awakening

  Unleash Your Goddess Potential: Awaken, Rise, and Transform Your Life! Welcome, Ladies! Are you ready to tap into your highest potential and embrace the magic that has been waiting for you all along? It's time to liberate yourself from limitations and embody your true authentic self. Introducing The Goddess Awakening Program, my signature 24-day Feminine Energy course that will unlock your full potential and lead you to a life filled with joy, abundance, and ease. Are you searching for answers about your purpose, your life, and your destiny? Do you feel a deep inner calling to live a life of alignment and freedom? Are you ready to manifest your wildest desires for love, joy, purpose, and connection? The Goddess Collection is the answer you've been waiting for. This comprehensive program provides you with a system, direction, and clarity for your personal life journey based on Practices especially designed for women. You no longer have to feel alone or misunderstood in your de

5 Korean phrases every K drama fan should know

5 Korean phrases every K drama fan should know ./  5 k drama phrases which add drama in a Korean drama. Korean dramas or K-dramas are filled with sweet predictable clichés , scenes that are repeated in almost every other drama, because they never seize to bring on the drama feels. Are you a k drama fan? Have you noticed how some scenes and some phrases get repeated in so many dramas? Here are a few of my favourite Hangul phrases which help heighten the drama in a Kdrama. Orae-man-iyo / Orae- mani- dae This phrase means ; it’s been a long time. The first version Orae mani iyo is the more formal way of saying it.it is one of my favourite phrases, a fabulous drama building phrase, it could be used when two arch enemies meet after a long time , one grew up to be a sleazy lawyer, the other an upstanding prosecutor. Or two high school sweethearts with a heartbreaking breakup meet in their adult life. It is a phrase filled with emotions; be it a veiled threat , a sense of l