“US campus protests: What Indian students, parents and professors need to know to get serious about future”, First Post, May 9, 2024:
“Vidyaa vivaadaaya dhanam madaaya shaktihi pareshaam paripeedanaaya|
Khalasyaha saadhoho vipareetametad jnaanaaya daanaaya cha rakshanaaya||
(For a wicked person, education is used only to make arguments, wealth is used in displaying arrogance, and strength is used in harming others. On the other hand, a good person uses their wisdom to spread knowledge, donate wealth, and protect others.)
The fires raging through American universities at the moment, and what they mean for the Indian international student populations there, need to be taken very seriously if we are to avoid a different kind of “Partition” between families, friends, and even religions, cultures and civilisations……”
Read the full article at Firstpost.com
