In English
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Modern education does not confer any value on man. Even the rich meaning of a word like has lost its pristine glory. The syllables and are laden with significant meaning. means light and means that. Hence, means ‘that which lends light.’ The present educational system keeps us in darkness instead of shedding illumination. True education is that which is in consonance with the vedic statement, (Lead me from darkness to light). But today’s education-systems, instead of dispelling the darkness of ignorance, have made the students blind and deaf. Students have eyes, but they do not see. They have ears, but they do not hear. They have minds, but they are as deficient as the mentally-deranged. One has lost faith in one’s own eyes, ears and mind. Man has begun to deceive himself. Today he sees with the eyes of others, hears with the ears of others and thinks with the minds of others. How can such a man be called human, when he has lost faith in his own eyes and ears and in himself? What can such a man achieve in life?