Miseries of an Indian student!!

I have always been fascinated to see new born babies. And even this time, as soon as I heard of the birth of a baby girl at my neighbor’s place; I went to the hospital to see her. Trust me, she was the cutest ever born on Earth!! I was having a usual conversation with the new mother and I heard her saying," she has to be a bright child. She'll crack GMAT" It actually came off to me as a shock! A baby just born will crack GMAT. I actually stopped for a while and thought," Have I ever thought of cracking GMAT in 20yrs of my life??"

I could now connect myself to the reason of this cutting edge competition in India. I am not saying that competition is bad for India. But the competition has gone beyond the limits. It has now become grueling for the children. Parents want their children to be the best and in the process of being the best, children are losing their childhood, their own self!! On the more, Education system of India enhances this problem.


The education system doesn't believe in practical knowledge, Rather, it works on cramming. Students who cram well can achieve everything they want. I have recently seen 3 Idiots, and I am happy to see that at least someone cares about the issue. Such issues, if discussed in media, can possibly help me making the change.


The movie talks about the engineering students who have been instigated by their parents to be the engineers. They even have to leave their own interests aside to be what their parents wanted them to be. It’s a great movie portraying the pressures of the Indian students. And as always, Aamir Khan was able to convey the social message very clearly.


I seriously believe that if all of it goes like this, Indian student will never be able to pursue their own interests. Instead, they will go on meeting up their parent interests.  We need to change. Not only the parents need to change, but the education system, peer group and everyone who influences the destiny of the Indian student. I know that the change won’t happen in a day. But we can wait.

Wait for the revolution in the Education system!!!