RE:Dear Mr. Banerjee
by guk on Jun 05, 2008 07:06 PM
India cannot become a scientifically advanced nation for the simple reason that there is a lack of respect for scientific profession. Education is a means to get a well payed job rather than a pursuit of knowledge. There is a lack of respect for knowledge in Indian society. A person successful in acquiring wealth through nook and crook is held in high esteem even if he is uneducated. A majority of students go to US and other countries to do higher studies because that happens to be the easiest way to get settled abroad. Initially they enroll for masters course after which they try for a job. If they fail they continue on to PhD. In western countries like US, France Germany etc., many if not all do science because they have a passion for it knowing fully well that they can get paid more in a career outside. How many of us Indians have that kind of passion? Even if somebody had such a passion he would be ridiculed by the society.
