The Lunatic is in my head....
I happened to come across the names of few glorious institutes of India which are believed to have the charisma of turning your life into gold just by touching it. These great management Meccas were constructed by the government with the help of the brightest management gurus of those times with a mission of creating great managers, entrepreneurs etc etc who can hugely contribute to the market and economy of the country and thus can change the face of India. Not only this, these institutes have become one of the biggest aspirations of almost all young guys of India. As the competition is insanely tough, only the smartest of the lot get the opportunity to cross the hallowed walls of IIMs. All of them who get into these distinguished institutes posses incomparable intelligence, phenomenal vision, exceptional ideology and what not. They are full of talent, energy, enthusiasm and all good things which an average Indian can think of. They are actually the treasure of the country in some way.
So, it looks quite obvious that these great students equipped with great talents will definitely make India a great place in some time. Some time??? How much time?? May be a year, two years or five years; that’s it?
Oh! here is the catch! Arrey for the next five years they will be busy repaying their loans. Yes! the education in these great institutes doesn't come for free. Niether it is cheap. You cant say expensive also. Because it is exorbitant, it is unaffordable, it is insane. Who in this country can shell out ten lac rupees from their pockets for the fees of a two year course. Maybe some can, but those who CAN probably dont need IIM degree to improve their quality of life index. So students take huge loans with huge interest rates and then get a pass to step into the classrooms where they will learn how to realize their dreams. But the burden of this loan will make them dreamless, thoughtless and visionless. Now they all will share a single dream -> Get the highest paying job in the campus, so that they caan get rid of the loan as soon as possible and then live their peaceful life with their 'newly formed' family.
It's true that all the directors and the deans of the institute can proudly anounce that everyone will definitely get a job so that laons can be repaid. But that's not the point. Repayment of loans is not the issue. Issue here is time, age and energy. The burden of loan cripples the students. It compels them to anyhow get a job in the campus. It compels them to forget their own dreams. It compels them get away from their courage and curiosity to experiment and explore the opprtunities. It compels them to work for fulfilling someone else's dream. It compels them to choose -MEDIOCRITY.
You see how surprising is this. Superiority of the institute and quality of the students together result in nothing but 'mediocrity'. Mediocrity in choice reflects mediocrity of life.
If these institutes can reduce their fees to the affordable limits then all fresh graduates will have no loan repayment dilemma. They will be able explore the world on their own terms. They will experiment, they will create, they will innovate. They may fall but they will rise and they succeed because they are 'IIM graduates'.
I happened to come across the names of few glorious institutes of India which are believed to have the charisma of turning your life into gold just by touching it. These great management Meccas were constructed by the government with the help of the brightest management gurus of those times with a mission of creating great managers, entrepreneurs etc etc who can hugely contribute to the market and economy of the country and thus can change the face of India. Not only this, these institutes have become one of the biggest aspirations of almost all young guys of India. As the competition is insanely tough, only the smartest of the lot get the opportunity to cross the hallowed walls of IIMs. All of them who get into these distinguished institutes posses incomparable intelligence, phenomenal vision, exceptional ideology and what not. They are full of talent, energy, enthusiasm and all good things which an average Indian can think of. They are actually the treasure of the country in some way.
So, it looks quite obvious that these great students equipped with great talents will definitely make India a great place in some time. Some time??? How much time?? May be a year, two years or five years; that’s it?
Oh! here is the catch! Arrey for the next five years they will be busy repaying their loans. Yes! the education in these great institutes doesn't come for free. Niether it is cheap. You cant say expensive also. Because it is exorbitant, it is unaffordable, it is insane. Who in this country can shell out ten lac rupees from their pockets for the fees of a two year course. Maybe some can, but those who CAN probably dont need IIM degree to improve their quality of life index. So students take huge loans with huge interest rates and then get a pass to step into the classrooms where they will learn how to realize their dreams. But the burden of this loan will make them dreamless, thoughtless and visionless. Now they all will share a single dream -> Get the highest paying job in the campus, so that they caan get rid of the loan as soon as possible and then live their peaceful life with their 'newly formed' family.
It's true that all the directors and the deans of the institute can proudly anounce that everyone will definitely get a job so that laons can be repaid. But that's not the point. Repayment of loans is not the issue. Issue here is time, age and energy. The burden of loan cripples the students. It compels them to anyhow get a job in the campus. It compels them to forget their own dreams. It compels them get away from their courage and curiosity to experiment and explore the opprtunities. It compels them to work for fulfilling someone else's dream. It compels them to choose -MEDIOCRITY.
You see how surprising is this. Superiority of the institute and quality of the students together result in nothing but 'mediocrity'. Mediocrity in choice reflects mediocrity of life.
If these institutes can reduce their fees to the affordable limits then all fresh graduates will have no loan repayment dilemma. They will be able explore the world on their own terms. They will experiment, they will create, they will innovate. They may fall but they will rise and they succeed because they are 'IIM graduates'.
