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Neha Sadana replied to the topic Tuition after school hours, what you think? .
Whatever may be the reason, tuition put extra burden on kids. Schools put too much pressure on students, willingly or unwillingly a student has to attend coaching classes. During childhood or till the age of 14, a kid should be burdened or stressed minimum.
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Tuition after school hours, what you think? .
I agree. If the conditions like good standards and Pupil - Teacher ratio are maintained, the question of tuitions and extra hour classes will not arise.
10 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar said thank you to rambabu for his/her reply to the topic Doing actions without expectations! Is this possible?.
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
There seems to be a lot of discussion about who the real philanthropists are and who are fake ones, but I can certainly name a few who are the real people working for the good of others without expecting any returns. They are Acharya Vinoba Bhave, Dr. Baba Amte and his entire family who literally lived in naxal-infested jungles to work for the cause of the Madiya Gonds and outlawed lepers, his family still lives in those places consisting of Dr. Prakash Amte, Dr. Vikas Amte, both their wives, sons, daughters, their grandsons, granddaughters, The fourth generation of Baba Amte is now continuing the work he started. There are other similar couples such as Dr. Abhay Bang and Dr Rani Bang who work for community health in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, again a naxally-infested area, Dr Ravindra Kolhe and his wife Dr. Smita Kolhe who work for the tribals in Melghat, which has the notoriety of being Maharashtra's most malnourished area. Apart from the ones I have named, there are several more such people in the state and across the country.
We do not have to be them, everyone cannot make the sacrifices these people made, but the least we can do is put in our bit and help others in what little way we can.
Absolutely. Those who think that there are no people who put Service before Self without expecting returns are living in their own paradise and who cannot see more than darkness.
I agree with you absolutely that one can direct all his endeavors to be a part of such noble people in our own humble way . Do you remember that small squirrel's efforts in helping the Rama sethu in Ramayana in its own way ?
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Writing in other languages.
It's a question of convenience. I too write in Telugu for a few local magazines. But better in English.
10 years ago
rambabu said thank you to Kalyani Nandurkar for his/her reply to the topic Doing actions without expectations! Is this possible?.
There seems to be a lot of discussion about who the real philanthropists are and who are fake ones, but I can certainly name a few who are the real people working for the good of others without expecting any returns. They are Acharya Vinoba Bhave, Dr. Baba Amte and his entire family who literally lived in naxal-infested jungles to work for the cause of the Madiya Gonds and outlawed lepers, his family still lives in those places consisting of Dr. Prakash Amte, Dr. Vikas Amte, both their wives, sons, daughters, their grandsons, granddaughters, The fourth generation of Baba Amte is now continuing the work he started. There are other similar couples such as Dr. Abhay Bang and Dr Rani Bang who work for community health in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, again a naxally-infested area, Dr Ravindra Kolhe and his wife Dr. Smita Kolhe who work for the tribals in Melghat, which has the notoriety of being Maharashtra's most malnourished area. Apart from the ones I have named, there are several more such people in the state and across the country.
We do not have to be them, everyone cannot make the sacrifices these people made, but the least we can do is put in our bit and help others in what little way we can.
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Doing actions without expectations! Is this possible?.
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
There seems to be a lot of discussion about who the real philanthropists are and who are fake ones, but I can certainly name a few who are the real people working for the good of others without expecting any returns. They are Acharya Vinoba Bhave, Dr. Baba Amte and his entire family who literally lived in naxal-infested jungles to work for the cause of the Madiya Gonds and outlawed lepers, his family still lives in those places consisting of Dr. Prakash Amte, Dr. Vikas Amte, both their wives, sons, daughters, their grandsons, granddaughters, The fourth generation of Baba Amte is now continuing the work he started. There are other similar couples such as Dr. Abhay Bang and Dr Rani Bang who work for community health in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, again a naxally-infested area, Dr Ravindra Kolhe and his wife Dr. Smita Kolhe who work for the tribals in Melghat, which has the notoriety of being Maharashtra's most malnourished area. Apart from the ones I have named, there are several more such people in the state and across the country.
We do not have to be them, everyone cannot make the sacrifices these people made, but the least we can do is put in our bit and help others in what little way we can.
Absolutely. Those who think that there are no people who put Service before Self without expecting returns are living in their own paradise and who cannot see more than darkness.
I agree with you absolutely that one can direct all his endeavors to be a part of such noble people in our own humble way . Do you remember that small squirrel's efforts in helping the Rama sethu in Ramayana in its own way ?
10 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar replied to the topic Writing in other languages.
I am most comfortable writing in English and Marathi which is my mother tongue. I also can write in Hindi quite well, but am quite slow when writing in Hindi.
10 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar replied to the topic Doing actions without expectations! Is this possible?.
There seems to be a lot of discussion about who the real philanthropists are and who are fake ones, but I can certainly name a few who are the real people working for the good of others without expecting any returns. They are Acharya Vinoba Bhave, Dr. Baba Amte and his entire family who literally lived in naxal-infested jungles to work for the cause of the Madiya Gonds and outlawed lepers, his family still lives in those places consisting of Dr. Prakash Amte, Dr. Vikas Amte, both their wives, sons, daughters, their grandsons, granddaughters, The fourth generation of Baba Amte is now continuing the work he started. There are other similar couples such as Dr. Abhay Bang and Dr Rani Bang who work for community health in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, again a naxally-infested area, Dr Ravindra Kolhe and his wife Dr. Smita Kolhe who work for the tribals in Melghat, which has the notoriety of being Maharashtra's most malnourished area. Apart from the ones I have named, there are several more such people in the state and across the country.
We do not have to be them, everyone cannot make the sacrifices these people made, but the least we can do is put in our bit and help others in what little way we can.
10 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar replied to the topic Tuition after school hours, what you think? .
Actually if the overall quality of educations were to improve and the ratio of teacher to students is kept realistic and practical, there would be no need for extra tuitions. If the children are able to understand the basic concept of the subjects and a habit of self study with methodical approach inculcated, then they can study at home in their own time.
10 years ago
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani replied to the topic Will it be good to have a National Language in India?.
usha manohar wrote:
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani wrote:
rambabu wrote:
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani wrote:
Hindi and Englisg bothcater to the need of link language. Hindi is spokenor understood in most parts of the country. English is also ised in entire country. May be invery remote area, English and Hindi both are not known. But mostly people don't go to such places. To elucidate, a North Indian may go to Shillong (Meghalaya) and can communicate in Hindi or English. Possibly, there would be many in adjoining villages knowing only local language. But an outsider is not likely to go there.
True sir. I stayed in many places and successfully able to interact with the people using either Hindi or English or both at times.
Then why we needto declare any language as national. Despite foreign origin, English is our national language just as Sonia Gandhi is our national leader. Although not declared national, anything used everywhere in nation is national.
There is no need to bring Sonia Gandhi into this since there are still quite a few question marks about her ? and to compare her to our national issue is not right since she has nothing to do with Indian languages ...
Sonia Gandhi is just an example. In fact, what we adopt become ours or Indian in spite of foreign origin. Similarly something of Indian origin if discarded is no more Indian. Sonia gandhi is a very much Indian leader in spite of her foreign origin. Another example: Hockey is our national game even though this is not of Indian origin. also while mentioning Sonia, I was not serious and this was in lighter vein.
10 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar said thank you to usha manohar for his/her reply to the topic Tuition after school hours, what you think? .
The system of Tuition after school hours is the outcome of many different things
1, Nuclear families where students cannot ask the help of an educated elderly relative
1, Working parents who are unable to devote enough time to their school going children
2, Unlimited number of students in a class, sometimes as many as 70 students in a class which the teacher cannot handle.
3, Total commercialisation of the education system
No doubt it is bad and is not at all healthy but who will bring in the reforms?
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic How do you feel when someone interrupts you?.
I agree. Interruption amounts to Bad manners. But when things take a bad turn leading to arguments and counter arguments on the topic, "You hear what I say." " No you hear first what I say" is also bad manners. In this condition, it's wise one of them should step down.
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Will it be good to have a National Language in India?.
I'm of the opinion, when things are going good as it is, why invite troubles. By declaring a particular language as National language, we are stirring up Hornet's nest. Let the Nation remain in a calm state.
10 years ago
Sofs replied to the topic How do you feel when someone interrupts you?.
First of all its bad manners to interrupt a person when he/she is speaking.
Next hear them out. Many people fear that they might forget what they need to add.. and jump in.
Its only right to hear a person out before responding to what the person has to say. That is acceptable behavior in my opinion.
10 years ago
Manoj Kumar Lamba replied to the topic Will it be good to have a National Language in India?.
It is good to continue with both the languages, as one has International influence and the other is related to the Nation. We should respect both the languages. But nowdays we are ignoring one language and giving more preference to other language. One reason is that English is necessary for every job whether it is Govt job or private job, but on the other hand Hindi is not necessary except a few cases.
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic How do you feel when someone interrupts you?.
I believe in such cases one of them should allow the other person to speak. A mid way should be taken in which both are beneficiaries.
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Will it be good to have a National Language in India?.
Yes. We are continuing both with Hindi and English without any hassles. Then is it not good to carry on like this forever? What is the necessity of a National Language ?
10 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic Will it be good to have a National Language in India?.
Manoj Kumar Lamba wrote:
It is very difficult to choose one language from English and Hindi. Because Hindi lovers oppose declaring English as National language and non -Hindi speaking people oppose Hindi to be declared as National language.
After independence both Hindi and English were declared as National language and it was decided to put an end to English use some years later. But it was not possible and we are continuing with both languages.
There is no denying the fact that English language has a universal appeal and is the language of all our education systems , so there is no question of putting an end to it. Hindi on the other hand is spoken largely in only the northern states and hardly used in Southern states so it is but natural that people from the southern states are averse to it, so there is no ready solution to it.I guess it is wiser to continue with English and Hindi as official languages .
10 years ago
Manoj Kumar Lamba replied to the topic Will it be good to have a National Language in India?.
It is very difficult to choose one language from English and Hindi. Because Hindi lovers oppose declaring English as National language and non -Hindi speaking people oppose Hindi to be declared as National language.
After independence both Hindi and English were declared as National language and it was decided to put an end to English use some years later. But it was not possible and we are continuing with both languages.
10 years ago
Neha Sadana replied to the topic Tuition after school hours, what you think? .
Whatever may be the reason, tuition put extra burden on kids. Schools put too much pressure on students, willingly or unwillingly a student has to attend coaching classes. During childhood or till the age of 14, a kid should be burdened or stressed minimum.
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Tuition after school hours, what you think? .
I agree. If the conditions like good standards and Pupil - Teacher ratio are maintained, the question of tuitions and extra hour classes will not arise.
10 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar said thank you to rambabu for his/her reply to the topic Doing actions without expectations! Is this possible?.
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
There seems to be a lot of discussion about who the real philanthropists are and who are fake ones, but I can certainly name a few who are the real people working for the good of others without expecting any returns. They are Acharya Vinoba Bhave, Dr. Baba Amte and his entire family who literally lived in naxal-infested jungles to work for the cause of the Madiya Gonds and outlawed lepers, his family still lives in those places consisting of Dr. Prakash Amte, Dr. Vikas Amte, both their wives, sons, daughters, their grandsons, granddaughters, The fourth generation of Baba Amte is now continuing the work he started. There are other similar couples such as Dr. Abhay Bang and Dr Rani Bang who work for community health in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, again a naxally-infested area, Dr Ravindra Kolhe and his wife Dr. Smita Kolhe who work for the tribals in Melghat, which has the notoriety of being Maharashtra's most malnourished area. Apart from the ones I have named, there are several more such people in the state and across the country.
We do not have to be them, everyone cannot make the sacrifices these people made, but the least we can do is put in our bit and help others in what little way we can.
Absolutely. Those who think that there are no people who put Service before Self without expecting returns are living in their own paradise and who cannot see more than darkness.
I agree with you absolutely that one can direct all his endeavors to be a part of such noble people in our own humble way . Do you remember that small squirrel's efforts in helping the Rama sethu in Ramayana in its own way ?
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Writing in other languages.
It's a question of convenience. I too write in Telugu for a few local magazines. But better in English.
10 years ago
rambabu said thank you to Kalyani Nandurkar for his/her reply to the topic Doing actions without expectations! Is this possible?.
There seems to be a lot of discussion about who the real philanthropists are and who are fake ones, but I can certainly name a few who are the real people working for the good of others without expecting any returns. They are Acharya Vinoba Bhave, Dr. Baba Amte and his entire family who literally lived in naxal-infested jungles to work for the cause of the Madiya Gonds and outlawed lepers, his family still lives in those places consisting of Dr. Prakash Amte, Dr. Vikas Amte, both their wives, sons, daughters, their grandsons, granddaughters, The fourth generation of Baba Amte is now continuing the work he started. There are other similar couples such as Dr. Abhay Bang and Dr Rani Bang who work for community health in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, again a naxally-infested area, Dr Ravindra Kolhe and his wife Dr. Smita Kolhe who work for the tribals in Melghat, which has the notoriety of being Maharashtra's most malnourished area. Apart from the ones I have named, there are several more such people in the state and across the country.
We do not have to be them, everyone cannot make the sacrifices these people made, but the least we can do is put in our bit and help others in what little way we can.
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Doing actions without expectations! Is this possible?.
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:
There seems to be a lot of discussion about who the real philanthropists are and who are fake ones, but I can certainly name a few who are the real people working for the good of others without expecting any returns. They are Acharya Vinoba Bhave, Dr. Baba Amte and his entire family who literally lived in naxal-infested jungles to work for the cause of the Madiya Gonds and outlawed lepers, his family still lives in those places consisting of Dr. Prakash Amte, Dr. Vikas Amte, both their wives, sons, daughters, their grandsons, granddaughters, The fourth generation of Baba Amte is now continuing the work he started. There are other similar couples such as Dr. Abhay Bang and Dr Rani Bang who work for community health in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, again a naxally-infested area, Dr Ravindra Kolhe and his wife Dr. Smita Kolhe who work for the tribals in Melghat, which has the notoriety of being Maharashtra's most malnourished area. Apart from the ones I have named, there are several more such people in the state and across the country.
We do not have to be them, everyone cannot make the sacrifices these people made, but the least we can do is put in our bit and help others in what little way we can.
Absolutely. Those who think that there are no people who put Service before Self without expecting returns are living in their own paradise and who cannot see more than darkness.
I agree with you absolutely that one can direct all his endeavors to be a part of such noble people in our own humble way . Do you remember that small squirrel's efforts in helping the Rama sethu in Ramayana in its own way ?
10 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar replied to the topic Writing in other languages.
I am most comfortable writing in English and Marathi which is my mother tongue. I also can write in Hindi quite well, but am quite slow when writing in Hindi.
10 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar replied to the topic Doing actions without expectations! Is this possible?.
There seems to be a lot of discussion about who the real philanthropists are and who are fake ones, but I can certainly name a few who are the real people working for the good of others without expecting any returns. They are Acharya Vinoba Bhave, Dr. Baba Amte and his entire family who literally lived in naxal-infested jungles to work for the cause of the Madiya Gonds and outlawed lepers, his family still lives in those places consisting of Dr. Prakash Amte, Dr. Vikas Amte, both their wives, sons, daughters, their grandsons, granddaughters, The fourth generation of Baba Amte is now continuing the work he started. There are other similar couples such as Dr. Abhay Bang and Dr Rani Bang who work for community health in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, again a naxally-infested area, Dr Ravindra Kolhe and his wife Dr. Smita Kolhe who work for the tribals in Melghat, which has the notoriety of being Maharashtra's most malnourished area. Apart from the ones I have named, there are several more such people in the state and across the country.
We do not have to be them, everyone cannot make the sacrifices these people made, but the least we can do is put in our bit and help others in what little way we can.
10 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar replied to the topic Tuition after school hours, what you think? .
Actually if the overall quality of educations were to improve and the ratio of teacher to students is kept realistic and practical, there would be no need for extra tuitions. If the children are able to understand the basic concept of the subjects and a habit of self study with methodical approach inculcated, then they can study at home in their own time.
10 years ago
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani replied to the topic Will it be good to have a National Language in India?.
usha manohar wrote:
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani wrote:
rambabu wrote:
Gulshan Kumar Ajmani wrote:
Hindi and Englisg bothcater to the need of link language. Hindi is spokenor understood in most parts of the country. English is also ised in entire country. May be invery remote area, English and Hindi both are not known. But mostly people don't go to such places. To elucidate, a North Indian may go to Shillong (Meghalaya) and can communicate in Hindi or English. Possibly, there would be many in adjoining villages knowing only local language. But an outsider is not likely to go there.
True sir. I stayed in many places and successfully able to interact with the people using either Hindi or English or both at times.
Then why we needto declare any language as national. Despite foreign origin, English is our national language just as Sonia Gandhi is our national leader. Although not declared national, anything used everywhere in nation is national.
There is no need to bring Sonia Gandhi into this since there are still quite a few question marks about her ? and to compare her to our national issue is not right since she has nothing to do with Indian languages ...
Sonia Gandhi is just an example. In fact, what we adopt become ours or Indian in spite of foreign origin. Similarly something of Indian origin if discarded is no more Indian. Sonia gandhi is a very much Indian leader in spite of her foreign origin. Another example: Hockey is our national game even though this is not of Indian origin. also while mentioning Sonia, I was not serious and this was in lighter vein.
10 years ago
Kalyani Nandurkar said thank you to usha manohar for his/her reply to the topic Tuition after school hours, what you think? .
The system of Tuition after school hours is the outcome of many different things
1, Nuclear families where students cannot ask the help of an educated elderly relative
1, Working parents who are unable to devote enough time to their school going children
2, Unlimited number of students in a class, sometimes as many as 70 students in a class which the teacher cannot handle.
3, Total commercialisation of the education system
No doubt it is bad and is not at all healthy but who will bring in the reforms?
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic How do you feel when someone interrupts you?.
I agree. Interruption amounts to Bad manners. But when things take a bad turn leading to arguments and counter arguments on the topic, "You hear what I say." " No you hear first what I say" is also bad manners. In this condition, it's wise one of them should step down.
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Will it be good to have a National Language in India?.
I'm of the opinion, when things are going good as it is, why invite troubles. By declaring a particular language as National language, we are stirring up Hornet's nest. Let the Nation remain in a calm state.
10 years ago
Sofs replied to the topic How do you feel when someone interrupts you?.
First of all its bad manners to interrupt a person when he/she is speaking.
Next hear them out. Many people fear that they might forget what they need to add.. and jump in.
Its only right to hear a person out before responding to what the person has to say. That is acceptable behavior in my opinion.
10 years ago
Manoj Kumar Lamba replied to the topic Will it be good to have a National Language in India?.
It is good to continue with both the languages, as one has International influence and the other is related to the Nation. We should respect both the languages. But nowdays we are ignoring one language and giving more preference to other language. One reason is that English is necessary for every job whether it is Govt job or private job, but on the other hand Hindi is not necessary except a few cases.
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic How do you feel when someone interrupts you?.
I believe in such cases one of them should allow the other person to speak. A mid way should be taken in which both are beneficiaries.
10 years ago
rambabu replied to the topic Will it be good to have a National Language in India?.
Yes. We are continuing both with Hindi and English without any hassles. Then is it not good to carry on like this forever? What is the necessity of a National Language ?
10 years ago
usha manohar replied to the topic Will it be good to have a National Language in India?.
Manoj Kumar Lamba wrote:
It is very difficult to choose one language from English and Hindi. Because Hindi lovers oppose declaring English as National language and non -Hindi speaking people oppose Hindi to be declared as National language.
After independence both Hindi and English were declared as National language and it was decided to put an end to English use some years later. But it was not possible and we are continuing with both languages.
There is no denying the fact that English language has a universal appeal and is the language of all our education systems , so there is no question of putting an end to it. Hindi on the other hand is spoken largely in only the northern states and hardly used in Southern states so it is but natural that people from the southern states are averse to it, so there is no ready solution to it.I guess it is wiser to continue with English and Hindi as official languages .
10 years ago
Manoj Kumar Lamba replied to the topic Will it be good to have a National Language in India?.
It is very difficult to choose one language from English and Hindi. Because Hindi lovers oppose declaring English as National language and non -Hindi speaking people oppose Hindi to be declared as National language.
After independence both Hindi and English were declared as National language and it was decided to put an end to English use some years later. But it was not possible and we are continuing with both languages.
10 years ago