Learning beyond the classroom - part II

From a post of an MBA Lady of XLRI posted on Linkedin

"A close friend of mine is an IRS officer. And I recently went to meet her at a fancy government office in the heart of Delhi.

The guard at the gate asked me what I wanted. I said I was there to meet a friend.

He rudely asked me to go find another gate.

So I left and started to look around for this elusive 'other' gate.

Immediately another guard came and started shouting at me for loitering. He insisted that I leave immediately.

In a fix, I called my friend to come down.

And the moment she came and gave me a big hug, I was suddenly transformed into royalty.

I was now being treated with extreme courtesy – even deference.

Someone helped me into the lift. Someone else insisted on opening the car door for me.

I was exactly who I'd been 3 minutes ago. And yet, to them, I became a completely different person.

And this may just seem like a typical 'sarkari' thing to happen, but the truth is that we all do it.

We use our inherent biases to decide almost everything.

Whom we hire, whom we promote, and whom we trust.

Whom we open the car door for – and whom we shoo away from the gate.

So the next time we are the gatekeepers, maybe we can make a conscious effort to see beyond our biases.

To see people for who they truly are – and not just the baggage they come with."

This was my response to her:

aapko malum nahi aisey situation kayse handle karte hain... mujhe bhi kuch patay nahi tha. phir dhire dhire aankhe khulne laga... aur reality pata chala... phir ye sare tarikh pe tarikh lawyear kaysa hota hain, phir ye sare income tax ke logo ki ware mein jo gaon wala baatein karte hain uska thoda example kejri ji ne sunaya, phir pata chala police department mein kayse posting auction hota hain, aur ye sare cheese ka account kayse chori bazar se khrida hua MS- excel mein calculate hota hain, kayse bujurg log jhamela se nikalne ke liye haddi deta hain, aur ye sare ke sare cheese pata chala... phir ye sab kayse handle karna parta hain... kahan pe ghamandi kahan pe thoda muskan, aur kahan pe girls low necked dress pahante hain, sab malum hua... matlab life mein thoda senior ban gaya. to ayse mahal mein kaysa bolna chaiye . woh bhi bujurg ne sikhaya

to thoda iss haal mein aapko bolna chaye tha ki...

"aap log chinta mat karo...wapas jane ke time aap sab logo ko khush kar dungi..."

itna chota sa dialog agar aap emotion ke ssath, aankhon mein aankhein daal ke, voice mein thoda njuk hote hue hue bol dete ...

matlab jo boltein hain na ... narikala ... uoh college mein sikh leta ... sayyed aapko jo experience yaahaan pe describe kiya uoh na karna parta…

dekho boss, aisey kuch der nahin hua... mere yaad hain, purana Bengali newspaper mein kuch kuch ladies ek advertisement dete the...

Learn Bashikaran Mantra...

meaning how to tame a person...

woh sayed iss technology mein expert hain...

sikho boss...

sabse sikho...

open your mind...

Reality check: the futility of classroom education

From the above two discussions, what can a sane person learn?

If I answer you with my recent awakening, this may not sound good to many people of #bharat, and maybe I will be subjected to harassment or whatever by the so-called purist, but, as a #guru of my young son, I have to take up this reality check of the uselessness of classroom education and then you will surely understand why I have discarded all of my past experience and my engineering degree as I consider all these things were just the sheer wastage of my energy and it worked just to camouflage the real me from the outside world instead of showing my real version - the #whoami

Now let us juxtapose two of such famous political people of modern #bharat and then you will surely realize, that the training needs to be aligned with the change in the perception of the modern society…

The first one :

an absolute diligent student - may be an expert in statistics, bayesian econometrics, and all of the modern economic theories - who had worked as a senior economist in many top international monetary bodies, who probably, while studying very hard under the open sky of #punjab, under the feeble light of a lantern, roamed the field of his village barefoot, and then went to the USA to do research and gathered all such esoteric knowledge which is really unimaginable for a common person of #bharat - thought one day he would be the change maker to see his nation move ahead.

But could not really understand the reality of the universe.

So in the process, lost his voice of sanity, maybe out of fear and surrendered to the poison of an absolute a**-hole lady, who probably did not have the power to fathom his knowledge and wisdom and made him just a joker.

Such a feeble joker, that one statesman of a neighboring nation dared to call him a #dehatiauraut in an international forum in front of the camera.

And all of the people of #bharat just watched, maybe with disdain, but could not help him move out from the poisonous snake hole

The second one :  

the poisonous snake who never thought about education at all and never cared about being educated, as we, the middle-class families know as education, but learned the real game-changing mantra of the powerplay - how much poison to inject in which situation and to whom, whom to pick up as a shield, how to play the role of a bahu of #bharat without even caring for getting the citizenship of #bharat, how to create the camouflage to blind the poor and the uneducated farmers, how to keep the educated middle class happy with the masala wala haddi (the tasty bone), and what kind of masala to use for the haddi based upon the geography, and make it all under the guise of the #sacrifice just to keep the seat  warm by the former voiceless joker, so that when her own joker-son would become adult may be at the age of 65, would sit on the hot seat to rule over the blind people of #bharat

So rather than depending upon the education of statistics, literature, or philosophy, she learned how to dance around a pole to impress a gullible pilot of a cargo plane

So now you understand - who was smarter among those two and who actually won the Game Of  Life…

This is for the Reality Check of Education...

Do we need any classroom training anymore in #bharat and if we need what kind of changes in the syllabus do you suggest...

this is the question for the #universe to ponder upon...

Last but not the least...

if anyone wants to open such a department in any university to teach this

Bashikaran Mantra - or how to tame a person

which will be an exclusive women-oriented department, here is a suggestion from a #guru of #bharat to keep a statue of Urvashi or Menoka as they were probably the oldest specialist in this art form.

I can suggest recruiting a few professors -  the profile of whom you can easily get on LinkedIn

I know few such international female artists who may be recruited as a guest lecturers - one may be the Chinese ambassador planted in Nepal a few months back, and another one may be the foreign minister of a neighboring country, I have no idea about the current status of any of them because of my limited knowledge.  But I am sure we have many experts in this field who can help the Government in this endeavor. 

Learning happens outside the classroom...

This is the college admission time. Many people are posting videos that are a perfect representation of #youngistan, young in nature, showing a positive mind, creating opportunities, a perfect win-win condition for many youngsters and you. I appreciate that because of the way the presenters presented themselves - the charm of a really good presenter to explain a subject.

Now let me explain why I am trying to reach out to you through this message.

have you ever wondered, about the kinds of learning that one can achieve outside the university campus?

let me tell you. real learning happens not inside a classroom. but outside.

for example, you will know about a country not by watching the TV news, social websites, or all such things that came out from the educated mind to educate others.

but by mixing with people on the roadside, in the dhaba, at the tea stall, or in the vegetable market, or by speaking to the delivery boy of some of the so-called internet companies.

let me tell you how it can enrich a person.

yesterday morning I went to the local market.

As I voluntarily spoke with the people on the road and common people, the first shopkeeper started telling me that he had a gym friend whose name is also the same as my name. but he is very junior and still look up to him, a 55+ plus guy for some tips.

He continued about the health hazards of modern kids because of the virtual world and how to overcome it

I told him about a great person in my name who was the first recipient of Param Vir Chakra - the great Somnath Sharma. Read about him here…

Then the talk continued and we spoke about how we lost the real power of #bharat by glamorizing #ahimsa of #bapuji as a strength instead of a weakness.

and then it came to the Russia-Ukraine war and the resistance of Ukraine as a natural phenomenon of humanity.

and then I added about the great Second World War and the similar resistance by the Red Army of Russia in the war of Belgrade with just bayonets in each and every staircase and why it was an important lesson for war pundits about not to undermine the basic human nature of resistance only by means of mental strength which defy any possible logic.

I told him this is what you can say as godly power, which defies any logic from so-called human intelligence.

and so when you find a naked #rishi or #yogi in the freezing cold of #himalaya doing yoga as if it's such a natural condition, normal people can't explain it and hence many such people are called as #zany or #crazy by our society.

for the #universe, when you see #Einstein getting down from a train at some uncanny station, naturally normal people would have marked him as #mad had he not become famous before showing such behavior.

The next person in the conversation was an old lady in a fruit shop selling fruits. As I started my conversation with her, she gradually opened up after narrating the poor health of her husband and why she is worried about her only son, a 35-year-old family man who is a car mechanic by profession. She explained, that as the price of fuel is rising and because people are not using cars as they used to before corona hit mankind, her son is not getting much income to sustain his family. But she was very expressive when she explained that learning the skill is the only important aspect of a human being, and thanks to the almighty that her son was able to pick up this knowledge of car mechanics by his sheer willpower, you will get the vibe of what common people of #bharat actually wants.

My third lady in the conversation was a sabjiwali, who discussed the daily routine of waking up at 3:00 a.m., reaching the wholesale market vegetable and buying it and then loading it on a mini truck, arriving at the market at 7:00 a.m., and then getting ready for the sale till 1:00 pm and then returning home, far away from the vegetable market and then taking care of her family members. I told her about another such vegetable vendor who used to do double shifts, the morning as a vegetable vendor and the second shift as a rickshaw puller and he proudly admitted that his monthly average income is around 40 to 50 thousand Indian rupees. Then I said to her,” Do you know how much the so-called software engineers from the so-called educated families of #kolaka earn - on an average rs. 20000 per month and mostly writing documentation, and may do a little bit of bug fixing and then return home pretty late with the tension of going back to the office next day without any clue or purpose.” But all of them never miss a chance to flaunt their glossy credit card, or debit cards, a little outing for English breakfast at Park Street, and of course, sharing photos of the plates of the restaurant everywhere on the #internet showing the #fake version of themselves.

Now you all understand why living a life with a purpose is more important than anything else.

so you see, just a few minutes of open talk will enable a student to learn about so many aspects of life which will never be possible inside the classroom.

Now if we talk about professional knowledge, let me tell you, whatever software I have learned is because of my own perseverance and interests - despite the difficult circumstances and of course not with the help of any college professor.

We all should know that the way a man learns engineering is not exactly the way he practices engineering.

so we must cut the waste of time learning it, and use it to practice it.

that's why we, the people of #Bharat will have to change our understanding of real education...

The difference between education, degree, and wisdom…

Real education happens outside the classroom when somebody finds out the purpose of his existence

then nobody has to drive that person.

His #lordshiva or inner conscience will take care of his life

Salvation...

The great conundrum of #Human race…

how to achieve  #salvation… 

what it actually means…

how I may achieve it…

what we, as a human race can learn by studying the lives of great people across the globe about how they have achieved it…

to know the ultimate #truth of our lives…

For me, or maybe many people like me…

#salvation is achieved by playing the role in the lives extremely wild

with 

#passion

#energy

#greycells

#emotion

#love

#care

sometimes showing #selflove

sometimes showing #selfless love

executing #duties

acting #smart

and sometimes also

acting #stupid…

to win the battle of life and to make others win…

but ultimately…

winning the last battle of life after surrendering in front of the ultimate #creator, 

#lordshiva

through #losing the last game of life…

against Him…

and getting the ultimate winner’s garland

by watching 

Him 

#win

The #truth…

Enjoy the songs...

English Translation 

My liberation is radiance on the horizon, My liberation on the dirt and grass. Often I lose myself far away from terrenes, Melodies help my liberation to sail above. My liberation surrounded by universal souls, And in the toughest duties that stand high above stress and distress. Despite being churned in offering shrine - Wish I could offer my life in the quest for liberation

English Translation

Brim my heart, quench my thirst, Bestow me with more life. In your world, in your abode Bestow me with more space. On my wistful eyes - Bestow with more beams of light. In my cacophonic flute - Bestow with more melodic tunes. Oh Master, grind me with more pain, Bestow with more revelations. Blowing doors, breaking barriers - Help me emerge out, liberate me. Bestow me with more love - Let me inundate myself within. Offer me unlimited bestowing, Dispense yourself as drops of nectar.

We have to break free...

“I don’t want a nation of thinkers…. I want a nation of workers”

When a crooked mind thinks like this and he motivates himself to execute his sinister plan, the result may be fatal.

The two ends of the Zero of #Bharat have joined now.

Now we have to break the shackles and recreate ourselves.

not for anybody else…

not for the universe…

but to know #whoweare - as A NATION…

I can’t say much about the topic of the creation of IIT as I am not at all in a position to comment on such internal matters, and I really don’t believe in the conspiracy theory, but I will be eager to know if the plan of creating IIts with the help from the outside industrialized nations just after the independence was actually to build our nation or the decision was taken by someone else in a powerful position to create 

“A country of technology workers catering to the global needs, and not necessarily for her own.”

Let's hear some of the words from the horse's mouth…

But now the bigger issue with respect to #bharat …

As I am stationed in the eastern part of #bharat, when I watch graduates and postgraduates with good academic backgrounds spending a good 12-13 hours of the time of day just for the mere #survival working as delivery boys of the latest internet startups…

we, collectively, have to ponder...

are we doing justice to the educated young generation - wasting the youth to

continue doing menial jobs as delivery boys of a few internet based startups?

#Enjoy the song - my liberation...

English Translation 

My liberation is radiance on the horizon, My liberation on the dirt and grass. Often I lose myself far away from terrenes, Melodies help my liberation to sail above. My liberation surrounded by universal souls, And in the toughest duties that stand high above stress and distress. Despite being churned in offering shrine - Wish I could offer my life in the quest for liberation...

English Translation

Brim my heart, quench my thirst,

Bestow me with more life.

In your world, in your abode

Bestow me with more space.

On my wistful eyes -

Bestow with more beams of light.

In my cacophonic flute -

Bestow with more melodic tunes.

Oh Master, grind me with more pain,

Bestow with more revelations.

Blowing doors, breaking barriers -

Help me emerge out, liberate me.

Bestow me with more love -

Let me inundate myself within.

Offer me unlimited bestowing,

Dispense yourself as drops of nectar...

Humans of Bharat.... we have to break free... The time is NOW...

Come on guys...

Enjoy a Bengali poem written by Rabindranath Tagore...

স্বাধীনতা

ভয় থেকে স্বাধীনতা স্বাধীনতা
আমি তোমার জন্য আমার মাতৃভূমি দাবি!
বয়সের বোঝা থেকে মুক্তি, আপনার মাথা বাঁকানো,
আপনার পিছনে ভাঙ্গা, ইশারা করার দিকে চোখ অন্ধ করা
ভবিষ্যতের ডাক;
যেখানে নিদ্রার ঝাঁকুনি থেকে স্বাধীনতা
আপনি রাতের স্থিরতায় নিজেকে উপবাস করেন,
সত্যের দুঃসাহসিক পথের কথা বলে এমন নক্ষত্রকে ভুল করে দেওয়া;
ভাগ্যের নৈরাজ্য থেকে মুক্তি
পুরো পালগুলি দুর্বলভাবে অন্ধ অনিশ্চিত বাতাসের কাছে পাওয়া যায়,
এবং মৃত্যুর মতো একটি হাত পর্যন্ত কঠোর এবং ঠান্ডা.
পুতুলের বিশ্বে বাস করার অপমান থেকে মুক্তি,
যেখানে মস্তিষ্কহীন তারের মাধ্যমে চলাচল শুরু হয়,
নির্বোধ অভ্যাসের মাধ্যমে পুনরাবৃত্তি,
যেখানে পরিসংখ্যানগুলি ধৈর্য এবং আনুগত্যের সাথে অপেক্ষা করে
শো মাস্টার,
জীবনের এক অনুকরণে আলোড়িত হতে.

Here's the English translation of the above poem.

Freedom

Freedom from fear is the freedom
I claim for you my motherland!
Freedom from the burden of the ages, bending your head,
breaking your back, blinding your eyes to the beckoning
call of the future;
Freedom from the shackles of slumber wherewith
you fasten yourself in night's stillness,
mistrusting the star that speaks of truth's adventurous paths;
freedom from the anarchy of destiny
whole sails are weakly yielded to the blind uncertain winds,
and the helm to a hand ever rigid and cold as death.
Freedom from the insult of dwelling in a puppet's world,
where movements are started through brainless wires,
repeated through mindless habits,
where figures wait with patience and obedience for the
master of show,
to be stirred into a mimicry of life.

Liberation....

আমার মুক্তি আলোয় আলোয় এই আকাশে,

          আমার মুক্তি ধুলায় ধুলায় ঘাসে ঘাসে ॥

দেহমনের সুদূর পারে    হারিয়ে ফেলি আপনারে,

          গানের সুরে আমার মুক্তি ঊর্ধ্বে ভাসে ॥

          আমার মুক্তি সর্বজনের মনের মাঝে,

          দুঃখবিপদ-তুচ্ছ-করা কঠিন কাজে।

বিশ্বধাতার যজ্ঞশালা আত্মহোমের বহ্নি জ্বালা--

          জীবন যেন দিই আহুতি মুক্তি-আশে।

Aamar mukti aaloy aaloy ei aakashe,

Aamar mukti dhulay dhulay ghaase ghaase.

Dehomoner sudur paare haariye pheli aaponare,

Gaaner sure aamar mukti urdhe bhaase.

Aamar mukti sarbojaner moner maajhe,

Dukkhobipad-tuchchho-kara kotthin kaaje.

Bishwodhaatar jogyoshaala atmohomer bonhi jwaala -

Jiban jeno diyi aahuti mukti-aashe.

Translation

My liberation is radiance on the horizon,

My liberation on the dirt and grass.

Often I lose myself far away from terrenes,

Melodies help my liberation to sail above.

My liberation surrounded by universal souls,

And in the toughest duties that stand high above stress and distress.

Despite being churned in offering shrine -

Wish I could offer my life in the quest for liberation.

And my earnest request to the almighty Bhagwan

Fill my life with more life

Enjoy the song written by Rabindranath Tagore

The English Translation of the song:

Brim my heart, quench my thirst,

Bestow me with more life.

In your world, in your abode

Bestow me with more space.

On my wistful eyes -

Bestow with more beams of light.

In my cacophonic flute -

Bestow with more melodic tunes.

Oh Master, grind me with more pain,

Bestow with more revelations.

Blowing doors, breaking barriers -

Help me emerge out, liberate me.

Bestow me with more love -

Let me inundate myself within.

Offer me unlimited bestowage,

Dispense yourself as drops of nectar.

Fool the fools - a brand new concept of celebrating the April Fool from a fool...

The best way is to play the role of a

#fool 

with your every sense, curiosity, mindfulness, tenacity, consciousness, conscience, and especially the #lordshiva inside you being awake and let them pick a wrong sample

then enjoy the game - the name of which will be ...

who fools whom...

Sometimes wearing a mask of a fool is also important to fool others.

sounds like a little #conundrm

but this is the essence of life.

In the end surrender to the #lordshiva

He will take care of you...

I will tell you a real-life story that was very popular in the rural parts of #bharat during the '80s. I was not very aware of what was happening outside my small town, because I was just a kid, but this was a reality in West Bengal at that time under the leftist government. 

it was very popular among young girls.

The game was called "phool patano" - meaning two girls will become "phool" to each other and they will call each other "phool" instead of their real names.

in Bengali, the meaning of "phool" is #flower

Now if we twist the term "phool" with the English version of "fool"...

a new game will start in life...

fool the fool

or

who fools whom...

but during the whole process never stop searching for #whoami
so that you never forget the real purpose of why #lordshiva has sent you to this #universe

Now, I will tell you how the #lordshiva plays this big game of heavenly life.

You will then realise why the actors always admit they are just the kathputli (puppet) of the director.

Because the director keeps himself outside the ring and plays the role of an observer.

The idea is that if someone goes very close to a problem he becomes blinded and will never succeed.

The best scientist knows this secret.

So the people who spend their whole lives digging into the source code to fix bugs will always remain like this.

To get the big picture keep yourself out of the battlefield and observe.

And learn how to use the strings properly.

#lordshiva hardly participates in the #gameoflife

Enjoy the soulful music which transpires the same message.

Khelicho E Bisso Loye  

Song Lyrics

খেলিছ এ বিশ্বলয়ে

বিরাট শিশুর আনমনে।

প্রলয় সৃষ্টি তব পুতুল খেলা

নিরজনে প্রভু নিরজনে।।

খেলিছ..

শূণ্যে মহা আকাশে

তুমি মগ্ন লীলা বিলাসে

ভাঙ্গিছ গড়িছ নীতি ক্ষণে ক্ষণে

নিরজনে প্রভু নিরজনে।।

তারকা রবি শশী খেলনা তব

হে উদাসী

পড়িয়া আছে রাঙা পায়ের কাছে

রাশি রাশি।

নিত্য তুমি হে উদার

সুখে-দুখে অবিকার।

হাসিছ খেলিছ তুমি আপন সনে

নিরজনে প্রভু নিরজনে।।

English Translation

You are such an enormous child
Busy playing with the universe
Creating an destroying like a doll’s house
Unmindfully, in a pin drop silence.

In the barren wide wide sky
You are meditating luxurious thoughts
Of developing and massacring things you like
Unmindfully, in a pin drop silence.

The sun, the moon and thousands of stars
Are left there at your crimson feet.

Oh great generous omnipotent soul
Constant in all well and woe
Laughing and playing to yourself
Unmindfully, in a pin drop silence.

The quest for knowledge of mankind - physical or metaphysics...

 

I was having a vibe or a feeling that of late most of my writings are somehow related to only one aspect of life - that is water, land, the basic instincts, and all such matters which many people would take otherwise and start thinking that this guy - after the age of 50- gone nuts - and he is suffering from the  Sathya-syndrome (a #hindi term originally is "Sathya Gaya hai" ) meaning behaving like a foolish, moron guy.

(for the people of #universe - as the #google helps here are some of the common forms of this #hindi term-

Sathiya jana Muhavare ka Hindi mein vakya Prayog –

vakya Prayog – Are log to budhape mein jakar sathiya jate hain aur tum abhi se sathiya gaye ho

vakya Prayog – Are tum sathiya gaye ho kya, jo aisi baatein kar reh ho. Kuchh to akal ki baat karo

vakya Prayog – Padhi likhi hote hue bhi tum andhvishwas ki baatein kar rahi ho lagta hai sathiya gai ho

vakya Prayog – Veh ab sathiya gaya hai, isliye behaki baatein karne laga hai. Uski baaton ka bura mat maano

but no. I am absolutely in my best period of life enjoying creativity as a #guru of my son which has helped me a lot to learn about the psychological relationship between a student and a teacher and why we need #dronacharya at the school of #bharat

probably now I am happy to get a meaning why my family surname is #mukhopadhyay - meaning the principal teacher and I am happy that after losing the creativity of the two generations of my family because of sheer poverty - I am again born as a teacher just like my great grandfather who was a scholar and worked as an inspector in the education department serving different universities during the British period and died of #kalajwar when my grandfather was just a 12 years-old boy and the real struggle of our family started and we completely lost the track or the real purpose of ourselves.

so I was telling my wife #reema when humans just started their lives in this universe, there was no language, no philosophy, no education to camouflage their eyes. so their education or exploration started with the study of the physical body of themselves - and nothing else.

let me elaborate. the first knowledge they acquired was like - the #manand and #woman saw that they are physically different. then they found that only the #woman can conceive and not the #man. so when they discovered agriculture and found that the earth is capable of creating new lives, just like #woman, the neuron of the man flashed and he termed earth as #motherearth or #bhudevi

so this way if we really go behind the #etymology of the various words of the oldest language - that is #sanskrit - we will definitely find that the original thought processing behind this language actually stated by simply studying the #physical aspects of #human and other living being and nothing else.

it was not at all philosophical. it was absolute physical

the quest for knowledge of humans started by exploring their physical differences and not anything #esoteric or #metaphysics as we, in the modern-day, try to view all such matters as - may be something as nakedness or vulgar.

so for the scholar of #bharat, let us realize the process of seeking truth by the #fatherofnation by testing the power or rather his control over his testosterone may not be the right way rather the opposite way of human nature.

let that sink in.

but of course, we have to elevate ourselves from behaving just like a #bull and a #cow of the society if we really want to participate and contribute to the history of mankind. we are here not just to drink and drive but to contribute by using all of our physical and emotional senses while continuously listening to the messages from our #lordshiva - the #innerconscience