A Hole In The Wall

I came across this documentary and I am simply amazed by the spirit and admiration these not so lucky youth of India has towards building a future for themselves.

http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/india/

While writing this post, it makes me think, we become so ignorant due to the environment we live in. Our aim is to lead successful careers, and have so called healthy lifestyle of eating high carb foods and then taking diet pills or exercising to our last breath. We are selfish beings, who don't want to come out of the box and see the reality that our fellow country men and women face in this so called global Indian society. It is really sad, humans have the bad habit of knowing and forgetting things that don't affect them directly and are confined to their enclosed doors of home sweet home. I feel frustrated even while writing this post, as I myself want to get out of this trap of sophistication and secured future. I don't want to keep on writing, I want to do something.

After I entered into education field, I heard the struggles that many children face here in US school system. It wasn't overwhelming for me at all as I know worse is happening in India and other developing countries. I have this dream of setting up a school in some remote corner of India where education is an unheard term for many children as well as adults. People will consider me as one more fool who is here to change the country. Yes, I am a fool, but this dream of mine has definitely given me another reason to go back to my roots.