My 11 year old cousin studies in 5th standard of a reputed
English medium school of Jodhpur - St. Paul's. Right now
he is mugging up the definition of Lunar Eclipse for his
half yearly exams, blissfully oblivious to the fact that
I have made him the protagonist of this blog post. He
has learned the definition by heart, without an iota
of knowledge about what it actually is. Hell, he doesn't
even know that it is same as Chandra Grahan.
We Indians must be unique in our naivety towards
education. A kid is mugging up definitions in a
language that he doesn't understand. He would have
been much better placed, if it was Hindi at least.
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