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It was very critical, but I feel it lacked substance, together with the lack of research in certain areas was needed to pen down such a critical critical, which was either overlooked or intentionally overlooked to sound deviant from the larger population.

I respect, the light that the article throws from the other angle of the much worship old Indian education system.

But,
Much to our dismay, India is not at parallel position to Europe, America and Australia in Educational Standards even today.

Regards.

“About education in the mother tongue. Well I would prefer the primary education to happen that way. It really accelerates the learning and cognition.”
so u mean to say that higher studies should be in english.. it is like stepping on 2 boats which will eventually drown us my friend!!! Do other developed countries do so?? NO.

“Also do remember that speaking english is considered by the vast majority as equivalent to being cultured and educated.”

After uk and USA india is the 3rd in terms of english speaking population. its only the indians who think that knowing english makes 1 educated.. the reat of the world thinks other way.. dude get some substance in what u say!!! u suck!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language

“Hence I think english as a medium of education is going to stay”

It is because of people like you!!! have a look at sanskrit!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit

PS: do look at the METALANGUAGE note about sanskrit…

dude own up to our own greatness.. accept the fact!!! ppl like u cud lead us to slavery!!!

Brits had no philonthropic intentions with India and why should they.

About education in the mother tongue. Well I would prefer the primary education to happen that way. It really accelerates the learning and cognition. However English is the international language and you can not do away with it. Also do remember that speaking english is considered by the vast majority as equivalent to being cultured and educated. Hence I think english as a medium of education is going to stay

Madhu kushwaha

//The rate of evolution of humans is way way slower than the rate of evolution of bacteria and other simple cellular stuff.//
http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10530768&fsrc=RSS
you guys might to read this wonderful article about the origin of Syphilis and how it traveled from new world to old.

yes Issac Asimov’s description of eclipse was amazing. loved the story (however if u have the softcopy, then i would like to revisit his short stories)

There is a systematic belief that old is gold.
As you said there was never a case of ‘indians in the amazon did never get malaria’
I will take your word for it.
However I will also present a case based against it.

How many people believed that the Earth was round and how many were ridiculed before it was actually proven?
Just because it did not have a word assigned to it does not mean it did not exist before in the first place.
Not to mention immunity. Immunity changes is a person as per his environment.

Secondly something which people don’t seem to realize is that things evolve. The rate of evolution of humans is way way slower than the rate of evolution of bacteria and other simple cellular stuff.

Diseases became known more and more with increase in knowledge. And diseases evolved, we have to keep that in mind.

Did civilization speed up the evolution of diseases? Mostly I would say, and the HIV virus is the most fundamental proof of evolution. It is one of the most adaptable viruses ever.

The most fundamental sci fiction stories of what if are based on Human self destruction.
The thing which almost everyone discuss is how the knowledge gets lost.
I would recommend the one of the most influential science fiction short story by Issac Asimov -’Nightfall’
This is a brilliant commentary on both ignorance and beliefs.

Muslim invaders were in 723 AD http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rajasthan
Battle of Plassay happened in 1757. (only after which Christians had widespread influence over the region)

what I am worried about is what Indians did between 2nd century BC to 8th century AD.
why is that the civilization could not produce a better piece of science in 20 centuries.

on word to mouth that is the easiest method of relaying info

on but lost it.
there was a major killing of the indian system thanks to the islamic n christian invaders who made it a point to systematically destroy it

//rote and not on scientific curiosity, this is quite confusing//
the problem is that we are probably the only civilization in the world that had scientific knowhow and temperament, but lost it.

//Africanas and aborigines//
do you really want to compare our history with theirs?????????

i agree that they had their achievements, but at no point of time it was outstanding (esp if you ignore the Mediterranean and the Nile regions)

This is what I think of when someone talks about ‘glorious past’
http://enagar.com/2007/05/02/glorious-past/
I might sound so much acidic about India, but that is because I want us to be the best.

//they also passed stuff word to mouth father to son//
thats because of 2 reasons. Either they did not have a script, or their script was not phonetic. The tales of Troy also passed for centuries without being written down….
what hurts is that even though India had advanced means to record historical knowledge, we allowed to to be lost.

//i think infact they had more curiosity then we do//
i agree, but in absence of a good educational system all was lost.

//scientific inclination in the western world started in the 1700s1800s if im not mistaken//
you are wrong on 2 counts.
1) the dark ages started when Rome was destroyed/ransacked. and it was the Vizigoth who became the new masters of Europe. These were barbarians who had no culture of their own, so you cannot blame them for loss of scientific temperament.
2) it ended in the 11th century (with crusades)

i confused chanakya with the chanakya of the ancient world sorry

rote and not on scientific curiosity
this is quite confusing
if u look at world cultures even Africanas and aborigines, they also passed stuff word to mouth father to son, teacher to student so the things rnt different..

on scientific curiosity how much do we know about the ancient cultures?
i think infact they had more curiosity then we do
scientific inclination in the western world started in the 1700s1800s if im not mistaken
the kind of knowhow they achieved without the commensurate destruction to the environment is what i think is amazing

//most of what was known was destroyed and our culture is so ancient that
things are almost impossible to substantiate//
exactly. the reason for destruction was that our education system was based on rote and not on scientific curiosity. hence over time knowledge got depleted and not enhanced.

Chanakaya is now writing under DeadmanWalking. and his views r his pvt views

Dark Age of Indian education!
the subtext seems naive to me and shallow and without any backing or credibility whatsoever solely based on ur interpretation

Chanakya’s views
under this u praise ayurveda then u say a girl told me – so is she an authority? and compare stuff to modern science – how can u
penicillin was to cure fever essentially a white mans disease ?
correct me if im wrong the indians in the amazon did never get malaria
before the white men came
how many modern drugs were discovered with indigenous peoples help?????

most of what was known was destroyed and our culture is so ancient that
things are almost impossible to substantiate

on planes read
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimana

Thanks