Monday, January 5, 2015

Education is a right, not a privilege

माता शत्रुः पिता वैरी
याभ्यां बाला न पाठिताः ।
सभामध्ये न शोभन्ते
हंसमध्ये बको यथा ॥
- चाणक्यनीतिः

Mother is an enemy and so is the father to a child who is not provided with education. An uneducated person in a gathering (of scholars) is disgraceful, just like a crane among swans.

Education is a right, not a privilege.
Better unborn than untaught.
Better untaught than ill-taught.