Recently, i got a chance to go to an intermediate school at Ghaziabad. It wasn't a private school may be that was the reason for its poor infrastructure. The school took me five decades back, and i felt as if i am watching 'Malgudi days', a television series, written by R. K. Narayanan. Guys, I asked myself, still we have such schools left, especially in a city like Ghaziabad where municipality has a budget of Rs. 1000 crore for an year. Absence of doors and glasses in the windows was allowing hot air to pass through the room; noisy ceiling fans crying for the change; no clean water to satisfy the thirst, forget having a water coolers; thank God, kids get summer holidays. All this reminded me of the 'rasna add' where the sun sucks all the energy from the kids, playing cricket.
As if all this was not enough, broken benches, which create sounds as if they'll break down when you'll sit over them; floor was soo much dirty that i felt, it wasn't cleaned since it came into existence. We can say, it wasn't about poor infrastructure, actually, its about no infrastructure!
Despite such a bizarre situation, i noticed, kids were very happy, they were playing, making noise, as if for them all these things were not at all important or we can say they are not even aware about what they do not have. I think Its true, "Ignorance is a bliss". What you think?
As if all this was not enough, broken benches, which create sounds as if they'll break down when you'll sit over them; floor was soo much dirty that i felt, it wasn't cleaned since it came into existence. We can say, it wasn't about poor infrastructure, actually, its about no infrastructure!
Despite such a bizarre situation, i noticed, kids were very happy, they were playing, making noise, as if for them all these things were not at all important or we can say they are not even aware about what they do not have. I think Its true, "Ignorance is a bliss". What you think?
