http://vikramjhaveri.wordpress.com Getting things off my mind... Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:30:03 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://vikramjhaveri.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/absolute-waste-of-an-hour/#comment-4 ashleyalfred Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:30:03 +0000 http://vikramjhaveri.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/absolute-waste-of-an-hour/#comment-4 The Parents of the New Era School are putting untrue accusation at the school management (Birlas). The hue and cry over the temporary shifting of the students to a nearby location was unnecessary. The protest by the new era school parents is unjustified. They had no reason to take to the streets & hold the city to ransom as they did. Safety and well being of the students is the primary concern of the school management . A detailed scientific test on the structural stability of the building was carried out and the building was deemed unsafe. The Parents believed in Director of Education's decision who is not even qualified in construction and repair field that the building is safe and not the three qualified, experienced and reputed consultants of the city who have given the verdict that the building is unsafe.The students were to be shifted to a temporary location at D N road not very far from current location for 2 years till the renovation was complete. Instead of approving the management's plan, they put false allegations on the management of trying to make money out of this. Birla group will have far more lucrative ways of making money than through education. Please read more about this at http://tiny.cc/Fcx2F an article by renowned writer Mr. Anil Dharker. The Parents of the New Era School are putting untrue accusation at the school management (Birlas). The hue and cry over the temporary shifting of the students to a nearby location was unnecessary. The protest by the new era school parents is unjustified. They had no reason to take to the streets & hold the city to ransom as they did. Safety and well being of the students is the primary concern of the school management . A detailed scientific test on the structural stability of the building was carried out and the building was deemed unsafe. The Parents believed in Director of Education’s decision who is not even qualified in construction and repair field that the building is safe and not the three qualified, experienced and reputed consultants of the city who have given the verdict that the building is unsafe.The students were to be shifted to a temporary location at D N road not very far from current location for 2 years till the renovation was complete. Instead of approving the management’s plan, they put false allegations on the management of trying to make money out of this. Birla group will have far more lucrative ways of making money than through education. Please read more about this at http://tiny.cc/Fcx2F an article by renowned writer Mr. Anil Dharker.

]]> http://vikramjhaveri.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/absolute-waste-of-an-hour/#comment-3 hgshah Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:36:19 +0000 http://vikramjhaveri.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/absolute-waste-of-an-hour/#comment-3 I am father of a 9 year old daughter who is at home for last 2 months thinking why is she not going to school? Why is this injustice being meted out to her? A young mind today is talking about courts and street protests instead of leaning history, science and maths which will lead her to nation building. Does anyone even know that parents and students with sitting MLA had been on hunger strike for 7 days, handing out roses to passer-byes and motorists on the same road for days to end? The media is interested in gay rights and whether Sanjay Dutt scratched his behind in the morning make national news headlines. It is sickening. When the state turns a blind eye to injustice, and greedy people with power and corruption turn predators, people will take the same course we took. Though, the entire struggle has been peaceful, both us parents and students heartily apologise for even the smallest inconvenience to anyone. The roles of renowned structural engineers, education director and education minister are far from satisfactory. At the same time, Mumbai Police and the Chief Minister deserve a salute for their fairness and support. Who says the largest democracy in the world has achieved freedom? History taught us, the same management struggled to drive out the British and now they are driving out innocent children to bring in Cambridge education. Guess integrity, commitment, honesty and honour went out with the British. Personally though, I feel the top management got bad advise from equally bad advisors and failed to sense the pulse. I am father of a 9 year old daughter who is at home for last 2 months thinking why is she not going to school? Why is this injustice being meted out to her? A young mind today is talking about courts and street protests instead of leaning history, science and maths which will lead her to nation building. Does anyone even know that parents and students with sitting MLA had been on hunger strike for 7 days, handing out roses to passer-byes and motorists on the same road for days to end? The media is interested in gay rights and whether Sanjay Dutt scratched his behind in the morning make national news headlines. It is sickening. When the state turns a blind eye to injustice, and greedy people with power and corruption turn predators, people will take the same course we took. Though, the entire struggle has been peaceful, both us parents and students heartily apologise for even the smallest inconvenience to anyone. The roles of renowned structural engineers, education director and education minister are far from satisfactory. At the same time, Mumbai Police and the Chief Minister deserve a salute for their fairness and support. Who says the largest democracy in the world has achieved freedom? History taught us, the same management struggled to drive out the British and now they are driving out innocent children to bring in Cambridge education. Guess integrity, commitment, honesty and honour went out with the British. Personally though, I feel the top management got bad advise from equally bad advisors and failed to sense the pulse.

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