“Probably
the principles and the elements, on which the regular gravitations of the
moral, as of the material, world depend, had complained. Smoking blood, over-filled cemeteries,
mothers in tears, - these are formidable pleaders. When the earth is suffering from too heavy a
burden, there are mysterious groanings of the shades, to which the abyss lends
an ear.”
These
prophetic words are not by any Indian mythological author, justifying any Avathar.
They are from Victor Hugo.
Let us read a little more to get to the context.
“It
was time that this vast man should fall.
The
excessive weight of this man in human destiny disturbed the balance. This individual alone counted for more than a
universal group. These plethoras of all
human vitality concentrated in a single head; the world mounting to the brain
of one man,- this would be mortal to civilization were to last. The moment had arrived for the incorruptible
and supreme equity to alter its plan.”
Was
he talking about Ravana?
No,
but of a similar superior being – Napoleon Bonaparte.
He
himself explains it:
“Was it possible that Napoleon should have
won that battle? We answer No. Why? Because of Wellington?
Because of Blucher? No. Because
of God.”
These
words have become true again and again in history whenever some power becomes
too much intoxicated, self-indulgent and merciless towards other living
beings.
Rabindranath
Tagore states:
“Power can be measured. Its
volume, its weight, its momentum can all be brought within the purview of
mathematics So it is the endeavour of
those who hold Power to be supreme, to increase in bulk. They would repeatedly multiply numbers, -
the number of men, the number of coins, the number of appliances. When they strive for success they sacrifice
others’ wealth, others’ rights, others’ lives; for sacrifice is the essence of
the cult of Power; and the earth is running red with the blood of that sacrifice.
.....
But
when engaged in adding up the quantities of these forces and facts of Power, we
do not find them to be an ever-increasing series. In our pursuit of the principle of
accumulation we are all of a sudden held up by stumbling upon the principle of
check which bars the way. We discover
that there is not only onward motion, but there are also pauses. And we repeatedly find in history that
whenever the blindness of Power has tried to overrule this rule of rhythm, it
has committed suicide. And that is why
man still remembers the story of the toppling over the Tower of Babel.”
But
unfortunately these words of wisdom do not appear to have dawned on the
community of ‘Private Educational Institutions’ in our Country (particularly in
the state and Coimbatore).
If
endowed even with a bit of this elementary knowledge, a great school of the
city running under the banner of ‘Universal Compassion’ would not have failed to admit
into the 11th Standard, its own student who has passed out of Matriculation
with 455 marks out of 500 and who had been studying in their own school for the past 12 years (from LKG). Though
students with lesser marks have been admitted, the reason for not granting a
seat for their own student, orally told by them is ‘the father of the student
is a member of the Parents’ Association’.
Is
forming a Parents’ Association bad? Is it unlawful? Is the fundamental right enshrined in the
Constitution as Right to form associations subject to scrutiny and denial by
these powers that be?
Even
if in their opinion, the Parent has committed a heinous crime by becoming a
member of the Parents’ Association (which is again because there is no official
PTA constituted by the school itself) is the student to be abused like
this? What care these people of
‘education’ have for the mental trauma that the student will face (barely 14
years). What cruel mind set can bring
upon such a situation where the student has to remain at home without knowing
his future and fate, when his friends have started attending classes for the
past one week. And what respect do these SELF-PROCLAIMED-
philanthropists and educationists expect from the students and society at
large?
That
they have displayed utter disregard for Government authority and public
authority is another matter.
How
much more does the society have to endure to save its children from such
mindless madness of ‘power-intoxicated-money-laundering-menace’ called private
education?
