Mainstream WeeklyBook Review
The Modern School (1920 - 2020) A Century of Schooling in Modern India by Rakesh Batabyal, Westland Publication Private Limited, Delhi, 2020, pp. 399.
Like the Apu trilogy, Modern School (1920 - 2020) A Century of Schooling in Modern India by Prof. Rakesh Batabyal can be called as the third part of the trilogy on the history of education in Modern India. The first one is his edited work, The Penguin Book of Modern Indian Speeches; the second JNU: Making of a University; and (…)
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The human race is a fallen one,
And cannot be improved;
Shades of evil thus inform
Its best, better, and good.
The best are reason-infected,
The better sometimes converse;
The good follow instruction
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The best have no religion,
The better have a moral notion;
The good are honest followers
Of godman who promises promotion.
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