Rashmi, I have always read and appreciated your articles. But I don't fully agree with your views on Indian education in this article. Universal education, as implemented in US of A, is too risky for current Indian scenario, both monetarily and psychologically. Monetarily, a job with car salesman acumen doesnât pay well in a developing country with burgeoning population like India. Psychologically, we have to take example of car salesmanâs life in India and USA. In USA, the car salesman goes into oblivion and lives life on his own terms. He can choose to be single in life or get married or get into relationship without answerable to his parents or whomsoever he knows. If a car salesman in India chooses a similar life, the society outcasts him. The burden of societal and relationships pressure on car salesman is much more in Indian society. I think this will change in generations to come as India becomes more developed, thereby leading to more educated and mature society. Until then, let the Indian education tread the middle path and produce average individuals to be employed in world back office.
