Through the Windows...

Through the Windows...

Sydney J. Harris once said,

"The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows."

The concept of education he wants to convey is that rather than confining ourselves to a particular approach just like the reflection from the mirror ( each time you go infront of it you will find yourself gazing back at you ), we need to look through it. We need to think beyond the conventional approach, we need to convert those mirrors into windows to have a broader view and should try to learn from what we see through it each time.
Ohhh! let me tell you this article is not about pros and cons of education system or what should be the education policy but is centred on the two words from the quote, that is, "window" and "education".
Recently, I was at a renowned institute which is appreciated for its quality education and good placements. Last night after having my dinner at the mess I decided to reach back the hostel through a different route so that by the time the food gets digested I would have discovered the other part of the campus. This part consisted of some underconstruction buildings and a few hostel blocks  . The labourers were working day and night to get the work done on time. Then suddenly as I passed by one of the hostels I saw a worker sleeping just below one of the windows outside the building and as I crossed him I got a glimpse of the boy residing in the room to which the window belonged. They both seemed to be almost of the same age but having a lot of differences in the way they were living their life. While the one inside was provided with a wooden bed, a costly mattress, pillow, fan and other luxuries, the other one used a piece of cloth, probably his towel, placed on the cemented ground as his bed and his shirt folded many a times to serve as the pillow. The difference was also in terms of the morning they would be waking up to, while for the one inside, it would be another step towards a brighter future, for the other one it would be just another day earning him as much that could provide him with limited resources to keep his heartbeat going.
The two different aspects of life seen on the either side of the window were in actual seperated by a huge wall called "education". This is the term that defines the way you will be living your life. A formal education brings your goal nearer to you, its a tool that helps you fulfill all your dreams.
Now there could be two other cases, firstly of one who isn't educated much in terms of degrees but achieved great success like Dhirubhai Ambani or Bill Gates and the second category where a person is educated but doesn't have a job, living a life of despair. Let me tell you that education shouldn't be intermingled with books and degrees rather should be seen as a fruitful learning process, you need to observe and analyze things beyond books. Those people whom I named in the first category were self educated while the other one was just litterate.
A good education is all that matters and creates the difference in the way you live. However, many people who are illiterate or uneducated are so because they were constrained by situations like poverty. Hope to see a better India, where people are not only literate but educated. This will not only help in building a better society but will boost the economy a lot.

7 Chanakya Niti Quotes on Friendship

7 Chanakya Niti Quotes on Friendship

Here are 7 Chanakya Niti quotes which you should ponder upon before you trust a person and befriend him. Chanakya quotes find its relevance even in the modern era due to its nature of comments on diverse areas of an individual’s life.

1.      Avoid people who talk sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like a pitcher of poison with milk on top.

2.      Do not put trust on a bad companion nor even on an ordinary friend, for if he gets angry with you, he may disclose your secrets to others.

3.      He who befriends a man whose conduct is vicious, whose vision impure, and who is notoriously crooked, is rapidly ruined.

4.      He who runs away from a fearful calamity, a foreign invasion, a terrible famine, and the companionship of wicked men is safe.

5.      Do not keep company with a fool for as we can see he is a two legged beast. Like an unseen thorn he pierces the heart with his sharp words.

6.      Consider again and again the following: the right time, the right friends, the right place, the right means of income, the right ways of spending, and from whom you derive your power.

7.      We should repay the favours of others by acts of kindness, so also should we return evil for evil in which there is no sin, for it is necessary to pay a wicked man in his own coin.

Yoga Through The Ages: Here Is The List Of 11 Inspiring Yoga Gurus Of India Till Date

Yoga Through The Ages: Here Is The List Of 11 Inspiring Yoga Gurus Of India Till Date

Maharishi Patanjali

 “The Father of Yoga” – Maharishi Patanjali was the one who compiled 195 yoga sutras, a collection of aphorism on yoga.  The concept of Patanjali was of eight folded path of yoga, known as “Ashtang Yoga”.

B.K. S. Iyengar

He was one of the foremost person who spread yoga across the globe through his dynamic style of yoga called as “Iyengar Yoga”. He was a prominent defender of the Patanjali yoga sutras. “Iyengar Yoga” is defined as a type of “Hatha yoga” focusing on correct alignment of the body. To know more about B.K.S Iyengar read my article B.K.S. Iyengar: The Man Who Disseminated Yoga across the Globe

K. Pattabhi Jois

Shri Krishna Pattabhi Jois was known worldwide for his “Ashtang Yoga”. He established the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute at Mysore with an aim to experiment on therapeutic aspects of yoga. Later on, in 2006, he opened a school in Florida, United States.

Swami Kuvalayananda

Swami Kuvalayananda is known for his research related to scientific foundations of yoga. He founded the Kaivalyadhama Health and Yoga Research Centre in the year 1924. Moreover, he published the first scientific journal dedicated towards the study of yoga, known as “Yoga Mimamsa”.

Swami Satyananda Saraswati

Swami Satyananda Saraswati was a yoga teacher popular in India as well as in the West. He founded the Divine Life Society and the Bihar School of Yoga. The “Satyananda Yoga” or “Bihar Yoga” has its core essence on Tantra.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is the founder of ‘Transcedental Meditation Techniques” and taught this system of yoga to more than 5 million people across the globe.

Paramahansa Yogananda

Paramahansa Yogananda is known for introducing ‘Kriya Yoga’ and meditation to the western world. He emphasized on the relation between yoga and spirituality. His book ‘Autobiography of a Yogi’ gained appreciation from the yoga practitioners.

Swami Ramdev

I don’t think I need much to say about Swami Ramdev. A multi faceted person known for his contribution to yoga, Ayurveda, agriculture and now-a-days business and politics too. He owes the credit to create awareness about yoga among the common mass. He founded the Patanjali Yogpeeth which has its centres in and outside the country. 

Bikram Choudhury

Bikram Choudhury is known for his “Bikram Yoga” which involves 26 yoga asanas sequence that is said to have a healing effect on the body and the mind. He began yoga at the age of four with Bishnu Ghosh, renowned physical culturist at that time and the younger brother of Paramhansa Yogananda. Bikram Choudhury is the founder of worldwide Yoga College of India.

Bharat Thakur

Bharat Thakur is the founder of the “Artistic Yoga” and conducts corporate yoga workshops throughout the world. He studied the different forms of yoga like Ashtanga Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Karma Yoga and Kundalini Yoga under Guru Sukhdev.

Suneel Singh

Suneel Singh is the new age yoga guru who symbolizes modernity with tradition. His style of yoga integrates the conventional form of yoga with other forms of exercises. He is known for curing his patient using tools like ‘zodiac sign’, ‘Hasya Yoga’ and ‘Yoga Chi’.

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