So many experts have spoken so much about the most controversial rape in India. I read quite much. I viewed equally much on the television. My heart weeps for the woman whose dreams have been buried even before she started seeing them clearly. But why did it all have to be this way? I’m a teacher and I’d place the blame squarely on two entities: the parents and the schools. The parents want their children to outshine everyone else. Compete. Defeat . That’s the mantra given by parents to their children. Life is about competing with other students and defeating them. If not in academic results, at least in sports, games, acting, singing, dancing… somewhere. If not in any of those, defeat physically. Win somehow, anyhow. Use hook or crook or hit below the belt. The schools too want to publicise their performance. On Honour Boards. Performance matters. And only performance matters. Values and principles are no concern of anyone. The teacher will be q
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