Ancient Indian education and current education system.

Modern capitalistic education has hidden the educational past of India where thousands of ancient researches and revolutions have lost their identity. The picture depicted of India as a backward country done by Britishers to attack the confidence of Indian youth and enslave them is still prevalent. The picture they showed was only about cast difference, brutality etc. but they vanished the people who not only fought but brought a revolution , had anti – capitalistic approach and liberalized many minds, from education, before the onset of British empire. Indian youth today do not know about the philosophies, arts, science etc. of ancient india. Significant poets and writers like Bulleh shah, sada rang-adarang , scientists like parashar, jamini, economists, medical areas (ayurveda and unani systems) and the then framework of society are left out of education devoiding the youth of its strong past and innumerable revolutionaries leaving them empty. It is somewhere making this country a slave of capitalism disguised in development. Going back to 17th century india Bulleh shah had dealt with the epistemology of learning. He presented the question of how and why is knowledge gained. His contemporary sultan bahu defined the education as a marketable commodity used to get a job inside the court and earn through it. Agreeing to it bulleh shah had written ikko alif tere darkaar. “Ilmoun bas karee o yaar, ekko alif tere darkaar Parh perh shekh mashaikh khawein Ultey masley gharoon batadein Bey ilmaan noon lut lut khawein Jhotey Sachey karain aqaar” He clearly describes how the scholars of that time would serve courts and kingdom but would loot the people who are not educated, which is quite relevant in the world that we see today. The modernism coming from the western world that we practice today is about breaking up of taboos and traditions but the blind youth of india has also broken away from the ancient knowledge which had made india liberal and philosophical depth reached the core. The reason for this is that we still see ourselves the way britishers made us see, i.e. through the eyes of imperialists. This modernism has lead to a crisis of faith in oneself in Indians. Education is not instilled with Indian history of various philosophers who abhorred religious system, who reacted against corruption and answered the crisis of faith by teaching how to find the unique identity and self satisfaction within along with balancing material gains in the society. The indian knowledge is eclipsed and the question emerges that why are we not discovering our roots. If india has to stand on its own , then the need of the hour is to make it aware about its own ancient social political and economic systems. To conclude, the education system which is not educating but rather throwing the youth out of its own identity, uprooting the india of its history so that every one remains disillusioned by the idea of outer development whereas india, I fear, will never empower itself without discovering its own identity, heritage, culture and thousands of years of education.Modern capitalistic education has hidden the educational past of India where thousands of ancient researches and revolutions have lost their identity. The picture depicted of India as a backward country done by Britishers to attack the confidence of Indian youth and enslave them is still prevalent. The picture they showed was only about cast difference, brutality etc. but they vanished the people who not only fought but brought a revolution , had anti – capitalistic approach and liberalised many minds, from education, before the onset of British empire. Indian youth today do not know about the philosophies, arts, science etc. of ancient india. Significant poets and writers like Bulleh shah, sada rang-adarang , scientists like parashar, jamini, economists, medical areas (ayurveda and unani systems) and the then framework of society are left out of education devoiding the youth of its strong past and innumerable revolutionaries leaving them empty. It is somewhere making this country a slave of capitalism disguised in development.Going back to 17th century india Bulleh shah had dealt with the epistemology of learning. He presented the question of how and why is knowledge gained. His contemporary sultan bahu defined the education as a marketable commodity used to get a job inside the court and earn through it. Agreeing to it bulleh shah had written ikko alif tere darkaar.“Ilmoun bas karee o yaar, ekko alif tere darkaarParh perh shekh mashaikh khaweinUltey masley gharoon batadeinBey ilmaan noon lut lut khaweinJhotey Sachey karain aqaar”He clearly describes how the scholars of that time would serve courts and kingdom but would loot the people who are not educated, which is quite relevant in the world that we see today .The modernism coming from the western world that we practice today is about breaking up of taboos and traditions but the blind youth of india has also broken away from the ancient knowledge which had made india liberal and philosophical depth reached the core. The reason for this is that we still see ourselves the way britishers made us see, i.e. through the eyes of imperialists. This modernism has lead to a crisis of faith in oneself in Indians. Education is not instilled with Indian history of various philosophers who abhorred religious system, who reacted against corruption and answered the crisis of faith by teaching how to find the unique identity and self satisfaction within along with balancing material gains in the society. The indian knowledge is eclipsed and the question emerges that why are we not discovering our roots.If india has to stand on its own , then the need of the hour is to make it aware about its own ancient social political and economic systems. To conclude, the education system which is not educating but rather throwing the youth out of its own identity, uprooting the india of its history so that every one remains disillusioned by the idea of outer development whereas india, I fear, will never empower itself without discovering its own identity, heritage, culture and thousands of years of education.