Passage 11

In English

Need for unity to protect national interests

There may be differences at the individual level, but when national interests are involved, these differences should be forgotten and all should act in unity. This was the attitude of in respect of his cousins. At the individual level, said that the five brothers might be ranged against the hundred . “But if the nation is in peril, we are 105 against the rest. It is our duty to protect the nation.” Unfortunately, today, each party is ranged against the other and there is discord among the people. This should go. All should bear in mind the interests of the people. Education today is not inculcating in the students the spirit of compassion and kindness. Once told a foreigner that he was feeling sad because education was making students heartless and lacking in fellow-feeling. Students do not show any sweetness in speech. They have no sense of gratitude. Of what avail is such an education? The foremost quality students should have is humility. They must be free from conceit. They must be unselfish. Without these a student lacks lustre. Students today lack these qualities. They have little concern for the plight of their parents. But, there are also parents who pamper their children like , the father of the . If parents do not correct their children, who will correct them? How can parents cherish children who misbehave and earn a bad name? The birthday that should be celebrated is the day when good qualities are born in one. You must become ideal students. Students must work hard. They have to be grateful to their parents for all that they have received from the latter. Children who cannot please their parents, how will they serve the nation?