‘Kya Karein Kya Naa Karein, Ye Kaisi Mushkil Haaye………’

‘Kya Karein Kya Naa Karein, Ye Kaisi Mushkil Haaye………’

Whenever a student is faces the question of ‘What’s Next?’ his mind answers the question with the above lines. He is seen confused amid a variety of courses and more than that from the neverending series of suggestions from the known and unknown people in his or her extended circles. A student passing tenth faces the trouble of choosing a particular stream, the one who passes 12th faces the question of joining a college and moreover which degree. The one who completes graduation finds hard to solve the puzzle to either hunt for a job or to pursue further education. The ones doing professional courses like CA are seen regretting many times during their course of article ship. In short, everyone faces this dilemma of how to tackle the problem related to his/her own career. He/she wants to prove himself in this global arena. He wants to choose an apt course which not only enhance his/her own capabilities, but also want a course that provide the opportunities to develop into a global individual who sees his/her talent as power. But more than an individual decision, all this is seen in India as a collective decision which involves serious considerations and discussions all around the particular individual. It looks that suddenly all the relatives, neighbors and acquaintances turn all the very more concerned about your life.

One is often said that work hard and study harder; your nice result will land you at the brightest airstrip to launch the flight of your career. But no one thinks that after the result starts a much bigger test, a test of life, the test of decisions where one wrong decision about career can ruin one’s life. Any education, any lesson or any class never guides an individual about the concept of life management. He is taught the complex lessons related to the subject matter, but is never enlightened about who he is and how can he find what he wants. And because of this he is in a perplexed state of mind where whatever comes across his way becomes his life path. His natural talent is always overlooked, and he surrenders to life pressure and in the end he ends up just breathing instead of living.

It is the need of the hour that instead of making him literate about different subjects he should be educated about life sciences and self-management. Instead of giving him suggestions about what to do, it is important to make him realize what he is good at. He should be made self-confident about his potential instead of doubting his skills. The system should be made adaptive to the uniqueness of every individual instead of being a factory where standardized goods are produced irrespective of individual properties.

He should be able to identify his path instead of being confused about what should he do next and for this he should not only be made literate but educated in the real sense, not only about the bookish knowledge but the chapters of life, about the future and the past. He should be inspired to innovate that will help the country to earn a name in different sectors at the same time. Today the country faces the situation where one particular profession faces a boom in supply where other ones face the dearth of qualified people. This situation can improve by educating the youth to discover the inner self instead of imposing the set traditional paths of education. One should introspect the situation himself as the best teacher who can know oneself perfectly is none other than himself.

- Astute Anmol