Aarakshan Page #6

why do you share me

which cord do you lean on,

which cord do you sever

we sowed crops with lot of effort

we picked the best seeds of the lot

watered the soil with a lot of care

and that's when the sprouts smiled

fate can very cruel

fate can very cruel

but who can scold it

but who can scold it

which cord do you lean on,

which cord do you sever

oh beautiful life

oh beautiful life

oh beautiful life

oh beautiful life

the mind seems lost in the wilderness

leaves scattered all around

the river is lashing against its banks

the heart awakens from its slumber

storms may come and go

storms may come and go

silence alone is eternal

silence alone is eternal

which cord do you lean on,

which cord do you sever...

oh beautiful life

oh beautiful life

oh beautiful life

namaste sir.

Good morning, sir.

Whose class is this?

Sir, the vice principal's.

He must be on his way.

You people read your notes until then.

He won't come, sir.

Sir, he rarely comes to class.

For the last three weeks,

not even once.

Excuse me...

yes, sir?

Where can i find mithilesh singh?

Sir, in the classroom...

there?

Yes, sir.

...by 12 n is equal to 416.6 mn.

Right?

Please look up the

answer in your 'guess' paper.

Sir, it's actually my brother's class...

but he is ill, you see...

i was only... tr... trying to help...

you can ask the students.

Please report at the college.

And come to the principal's office.

Sir, you...

come to the principal's office.

Prabhakar, please think

calmly before you take any action.

In brazen violation

of the rules of this college...

you are running a commercial

coaching institute, mithilesh singh.

You're the victim of a misunderstanding, sir.

First of all, k.k. Coaching

which you visited this morning...

doesn't belong to me.

It belongs to my cousin...

krishna kumar...

k. K.

And, second...

even you run a coaching

class in your back verandah.

People like you won't

understand the difference.

I run classes in my verandah because...

in our college, we are unable

to offer special help to our weak students.

Whereas teachers like you...

deliberately miss lectures and thereby...

force students to take private

commercial coaching for your profit.

And that, mr. Mithilesh singh,

is the difference!

I work for the college.

Whereas you...

work against it.

You are being served

with a 'show-cause' notice.

In seven days, explain why you

shouldn't be suspended from the college.

Prabhakar...

seven days!

In seven days, i want an answer.

You will get your answer.

Most certainly.

Dr. Prabhakar anand... sir.

Prabhakar, what are you doing?

That, which your board

hasn't for the last 11 years.

If you people had approved

my proposal for remedial classes...

and had organized free

coaching for our weaker students...

we wouldn't have had

monsters like k.k. Coaching!

You're well aware of how these people

are swallowing up our entire education system.

But, what you propose is

not feasible either, prabhakar.

And, you know it.

Morever, s.t.m. Is a private college.

Why, even the government doesn't do that!

Then why doesn't it?!

Why isn't it investing most

on its most valuable asset... education?

In this country, we make the

i.a.s., indian foreign service...

medical, management, engineering

and every such career so attractive!

But, that which prepares

students for all these, is totally neglected!

Like i.f. S and i.a. S...

why don't we have an

i.t.s. - Indian teaching services...

to attract the best talent for the job!

Aniruddha, this parallel education system...

which thrives on capitation

and private coaching...

will destroy everything!

Sir, first you rusticated sushant seth,

and now vice principal mithilesh singh.

He has alleged that you...

dad, mithilesh sir had

called a press conference...

where he said some

very nasty things against you.

I think that is why the editor

of dainik bhaskar, arvind kamal is here.

He's inside.

Your vice principal mithilesh singh

has accused you of being autocratic.

And alleged that when he opposed this,

you suspended him.

He's lying!

Please, my dear...

i haven't suspended him yet.

For regularly breaking the college's rules,

i've issued him a show-cause notice.

Which rules has he broken?

Mr. Arvind kamal, i don't consider it appropriate

to explain my disciplinary actions...

through a newspaper.

But, his allegation is

very serious, prabhakar sir.

S.t.m. Is a private college

where the rule of reservation doesn't apply.

But, according to him...

your admission policy is doing precisely that.

You declare a high cut-off percentage but...

admit backward caste

students through the backdoor, so to say.

See, i am a teacher.

My responsibility

towards each child is the same.

Proud as i am of my

successful and privileged students...

i am equally concerned

about the weaker and...

poor students of our society.

Two indias co-exist in our country...

mr. Arvind kamal.

And, if we want our country

to genuinely progress, then...

we shall have to eliminate

the gap between the two.

But, is caste-based

reservation the only way to do so?

Well, if we believe that,

for centuries...

injustice has been caused because

of caste-discrimination...

then justice should also

be served bearing caste in mind.

But what about those children

who have never believed in casteism?

Who have achieved good

results through hard work?

But, who now may not get admission

because of this new reservation policy!

Today, every teacher, every college...

as well as the

government is facing a big challenge.

On the one hand, they have

to give due opportunities to the...

backward castes,

and encourage their talent.

But, on the other hand, they have

to be sensitive to the plight of those students...

who feel they are at a

disadvantage in this new scenario.

It is evident that you support

the supreme court's ruling.

I cannot answer that question in the words...

that you expect me to!

However, i will say that if...

we accept this decision in all honesty,

without making a political issue of it...

then it will benefit our society.

So, would you want this

reservation policy to be implemented in...

private colleges and institutions as well?

Like s.t.m., for instance?

I don't have the right to comment on this.

Thank you.

Dad, don't you feel that

this reservation policy will prove harmful?

What're you trying to say?

You say that the backward castes

will get a chance to improve their lot...

that it'll reduce the gap between us...

it'll create equality...

but, the fact is that distances are increasing.

People are becoming

enemies of one another.

That is indeed unfortunate, my dear...

but it's bound to happen, i'm afraid.

Whenever change has

come about in a society...

a price has had to be paid for it.

How can you be

so sure that you are right?

What could be wrong about

providing equal opportunity to everyone?

It is wrong!

Your method is wrong.

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