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helpless. When a doctor cures an ill member of your family,
you consider him akin to God. Why don’t you dream that your
son grows up to be a doctor and people consider him akin to
God? Police inspectors are highly respected in your village; why
don’t you dream that your son receives a good education and
grows up to be a police inspector. The entire State Government,
including the Chief Minister, is concerned about your child’s
education.

I can understand that many parents have not been able to
study, but don’t you feel like even visiting the school building
in the evening? If you can get time to visit a temple, why don’t
you have time to visit the village school? Why can’t we be as
enthusiastic about the school as we are about our temples and
festivals? Why can’t the temple of Goddess Saraswati, where
our children study, be kept clean and green? If a window is
broken, why can’t all the villagers fix it with the help of the
village carpenter? If each of us resolves to take up this
responsibility, we can ensure that our future is beautiful.

I ask all the people of village to keep a watch on their village
school. Just as all the villagers are involved in taking care of the
temple, they should be involved with the school. Are the
teachers coming regularly? Are children studying with interest?
If you find any teacher not working properly, write me a letter
and I will personally look into the matter. If we do not pay
attention to education, our future generations will be left behind.
The TVs in our homes show us how the world has progressed.
If we have remained stagnant, we need to come up. Only by
paying attention to education will we be able to get our desired
results.

Educate a Daughter before Her Marriage

When we insist on educating daughters, mothers usually
oppose it by arguing that daughters have to go to their marital
homes and do as her in-laws want her to. We raise our daughters
with so much of love and care. If a daughter falls ill, the mother
is unable to sleep at night. If you love your daughter so much,
you cannot say that there is no need to educate her as she will