EDUCATION OF THE HEART
T o me, the greatest educator is the one who inculcates in me the value of living in harmony with others… What a value that is! What an education! When I look back at my life of six decades, I truly feel, that one ability to grow up harmoniously with people of all faiths, class and character, has been my greatest education. Despite the extreme polarization we all get to witness, time and again, around us, and despite the seeds of hatred that are being sown all around us regularly, a significantly large section of people has chosen to live in this very world in peace and harmony rather than being obsessed with the illusion of living in ‘another world’ with a grander kind of life… What is the use of hating my neighbour now, here on this very land, and still consumed by the desire of living with ‘like-minded neighbours’ when we move to another land? To me, whoever undermines the importance of living in harmony here and now and sells me a pipe-dream about ...