We had a cute black cow with thick coat and heavy neck to tie a jingling bell with much love that brought so much fun and fond for me at dawn and dusk in my childhood days in village of rural Odisha of those days.
Later, we put nupur (paunji) on my little daughter's feet to see the glory of her ankle and for jingling around our house, though later being grown up she found it not very trendy.
I'm bit old fashioned always as my wife puts cut remarks on me; to my understanding or misunderstandings it is true I'm not trendy. I always liked nupur around ankle still hope my grand-daughter will put, still better if my daughter-in-law will decide to wear it around her ankle.
But, to my surprise, US diplomat at Hyderabad commented 'radio beeper' is a trendy anklet for Indian students. These students are duped by a fraudulent US university engaged in money laundering. US believes these students have gone to that University primarily for visa, to get into USA - the dream land still lower middle class Indians aspire; and so why the diplomat issued such a nasty comment.
It's a national shame to know Indian students are being treated like animals and their movement are monitored by beepers, US authority has tied radio-tags on their legs. Indian Govt. has raised a protest. US didn't budge at it, obviously; as it's US.
The point is why at all, our students decide to go to US enmasse. I understand the point of some bright students going to join a good school for learning. But, what is the point of paying and joining to such a trivial University! Is it the craze of parents or students or of time? God knows. But true, Beeper is Nupur now!
I wish them honourable homecoming.
Hrushsikesha Mohanty
2nd Feb. 2011
5 comments:
good piece
GC
US has proved on many occasions that they are uncivilized. Because respecting others is the first step of being civilized which they never do.And for their wealth and riches they think that it has given them the right to do " International Dadagiri".Really, a country without any cultural heritage !
But parallely, I am also surprised to see that how our children are accepting this Beeper ! No self respect? Can anything be sacrificed just for an US-Educational-Stamp! When their courses of studies are also not that good and competent what Ba rack Obama himself had admitted in an open meeting.I appeal to parents for reconsidering their decision.
Supriya Panda
We value western education more than from an A-grade school in India. An education in a western country(read US or Europe), doesn't matter how good the university, is looked upto, but a university of equal status in India, is looked down by many of us Indians. Wondering if that isn't one of the causes ?
Dear Sir
First:
May god fulfill your wish.
Second:
Poor students in the hands of merciless US. God bless them.
C.K. Rajendran
Having gone through the grind and being an Indian student at an American university myself, I, with absolute certainty, can vouch for the following:
(a) Few Indians enroll for the Masters in Computer Science programme with the sole aim of furthering their learning. Most of them, having worked for the sort of companies that normal people would have joined and started making retirement plans straightaway, didn't really need a Masters degree even to further their career prospects. However, what all these over-achieving graduate students do have in common is their desire to settle down in America with a plum salary in dollars instead of rupees.
(b) I don't know about Europe, Canada or any of the other popular destinations of education among ambitious students in India, but as far as education in America is concerned, it is a grind. Students are actually made to work, and made to work hard, for their Masters degrees. Also, the focus here is on the application of ideas through tricky exam questions, projects and term papers and not just on mastering the theory, which is the prevalent view among most students on graduate studies in India.
(c) Finally, getting into a foreign university is a million times easier than getting into an Indian one. Since most students in India, many of whom have spent years wracking their brains on getting into prestigious Indian institutions, have had a tough time matriculating at an institution for undergraduate studies, a repeat of the same, thoroughly dispensable, exercise is generally not considered as an option.
An interesting article though.
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