Agree with post 93 and onwards.
Even had we no enemies, over-specialisation in a restricted set of fields is of no use to any community, especially one as large as India. Bowlers don't always make good batsmen. Need them all to be successful.
But in India's case there is more than the general threat of over-specialisation. We've got certain people jumping to be in the humanities, only so they can further subvert facts to their agenda. And we've got bright minds who aren't willing to see the humanities as an opportunity to serve Dharma. Somewhere here on IF there was a post relaying Michel Danino or Francois Gautier's request for children to study journalism. I think it was a brilliant idea.
We've got the manpower in India to expand to all fields, but the recent cultural pattern of imagining that only the sciences or business-related areas deserve our efforts, means that not many are willing to take off in other fields. (By the way, what happened to the days when every villager had so many talents: sculpting, storytelling, singing, making clay deities, etc., besides being clever at maths. I think these are cultural fields that are as important to our nation as business and sciences.) Throughout India's history, we've had poets, fishermen, philosophers, mathematicians, sculptors, farmers, businessmen, dancers, advisers to the king, etc. It's a sign of civilisation to develop and progress in all fields. No one looked down on these back then, and it is wrong to do so now.
If we want to commit suicide, we should by all means encourage only sciences and management studies and leave the humanities to the 3 terrors. While we're all pondering over the universe, they'll put us in a religious straight-jacket and force-feed the "world is flat" theory to us or the kiddies.
We have to change our way of thinking: sciences are wonderful, but so are all the other talents and it's good to try and make a viable profession out of those.
Social studies may not be the most ... exciting of fields (to me), but at this point in time, it's very important that people with a drive for truth enter into it, instead of leaving it to opportunistic anti-India, anti-Hindu stooges of ChristoIslamism/communism.
Making fun of the gun or the guy who holds it is all good and well, right up to the point where they do you in.
It's too late for me (since I won't willingly study anything new if I can possibly help it), but we must encourage nephews and nieces or any children to use any talents they might have in the direction of the humanities - which is the need of the moment.
I think Vivekananda said that we must bring up people to do this work, people sympathetic enough to India to be willing to undo the lies and mess others have created. The opportunity is there as there are oh so many children in India, we just need to change our mindset and put our priorities straight. More useful than mere monetary donations is the donation of our efforts (or encouraging our younger generations) in this direction.
Our attitude of condescension when it comes to these other fields of study only serves as ammunition for the anti-Dharmics. They'll feel elated to have no competitors. If we want to fight them, we ought to oppose them rather than doing them such a great favour.
Let's <i>not</i> stay out of their hair.
Even had we no enemies, over-specialisation in a restricted set of fields is of no use to any community, especially one as large as India. Bowlers don't always make good batsmen. Need them all to be successful.
But in India's case there is more than the general threat of over-specialisation. We've got certain people jumping to be in the humanities, only so they can further subvert facts to their agenda. And we've got bright minds who aren't willing to see the humanities as an opportunity to serve Dharma. Somewhere here on IF there was a post relaying Michel Danino or Francois Gautier's request for children to study journalism. I think it was a brilliant idea.
We've got the manpower in India to expand to all fields, but the recent cultural pattern of imagining that only the sciences or business-related areas deserve our efforts, means that not many are willing to take off in other fields. (By the way, what happened to the days when every villager had so many talents: sculpting, storytelling, singing, making clay deities, etc., besides being clever at maths. I think these are cultural fields that are as important to our nation as business and sciences.) Throughout India's history, we've had poets, fishermen, philosophers, mathematicians, sculptors, farmers, businessmen, dancers, advisers to the king, etc. It's a sign of civilisation to develop and progress in all fields. No one looked down on these back then, and it is wrong to do so now.
If we want to commit suicide, we should by all means encourage only sciences and management studies and leave the humanities to the 3 terrors. While we're all pondering over the universe, they'll put us in a religious straight-jacket and force-feed the "world is flat" theory to us or the kiddies.
We have to change our way of thinking: sciences are wonderful, but so are all the other talents and it's good to try and make a viable profession out of those.
Social studies may not be the most ... exciting of fields (to me), but at this point in time, it's very important that people with a drive for truth enter into it, instead of leaving it to opportunistic anti-India, anti-Hindu stooges of ChristoIslamism/communism.
Making fun of the gun or the guy who holds it is all good and well, right up to the point where they do you in.
It's too late for me (since I won't willingly study anything new if I can possibly help it), but we must encourage nephews and nieces or any children to use any talents they might have in the direction of the humanities - which is the need of the moment.
I think Vivekananda said that we must bring up people to do this work, people sympathetic enough to India to be willing to undo the lies and mess others have created. The opportunity is there as there are oh so many children in India, we just need to change our mindset and put our priorities straight. More useful than mere monetary donations is the donation of our efforts (or encouraging our younger generations) in this direction.
Our attitude of condescension when it comes to these other fields of study only serves as ammunition for the anti-Dharmics. They'll feel elated to have no competitors. If we want to fight them, we ought to oppose them rather than doing them such a great favour.
Let's <i>not</i> stay out of their hair.