WHAT MAKES THE GLASS TOUGHENED?
Pic.:Sherry Haridas “For a tree to become tall and tough, it must grow tough roots among the rocks.” - Friedrich Nietzsche T here is a garden, barely some distance away from my classes. It is known as ‘Chimney garden’... and, I really do not know why it is called so. But, just go and look there, early in the morning: it is packed to the brim with students, who quietly sit and study there for their up-coming exams. I have been watching this scene for years now; and let me tell you, it gives me great hope! For, I have no doubt in my mind when I say this: these are the kids who value their education... who know what a square-foot of land in Mumbai city really means... what it means for a large family to live in a single ten-by-ten room – where they cook, sleep, bathe, change clothes, watch TV, entertain and accommodate their guests, even accommodate s...