Taking the RTE seriously

Critics may tell what they want, but India is taking the Right To Education very seriously. So seriously that I fear that we are taking it farther than "where no man has ever gone before". In fact we should be renaming it the "Duty to Education" or rather "Duty to go to school". What else can we call the plea of our politicians to not close schools, even if it meant exposing the ultra vulnerable GenY,GenZ,Gen omega, Gen lambda etc to the dreaded "swine flu". I mean one should appreciate people for their concern that many Indian school children may spend their time going to parties and socialising right left and centre if they don't go to school. I mean what other job does the GenY,GenZ,Gen omega, Gen lambda in an ultra poor country have. I fully understand the logic.

But why should we crib about exposing a particularly age group to the swine. Our bank staff have the onerous job of striking as frequently as MTC bus breakdowns and further spend their time watching the classic "india tolaikatchyil muthan muraiaga" movies on krishna jaynthi, aadi ammavasai, avani avittam and the other extremely important religious festival days. And the government staff obviously have more important jobs than working at their desks, to which no one in the right minds will object. If all this has to happen who will lead the country to 2020. What ever will happen to Dr Abdul Kalam's dream.

So all those who demand that schools be closed, just acknowledge that there is superior logic at work and shut up. Period.