"We all come to this earth with a purpose. Our existence itself is for going through new experiences, making inferences out of them, learning, and moving on. In fact, at every step, we are seekers of knowledge. We have to learn and move on to the next Gigha plane.

This goes on in our world's journey of self-completion. The day we realise our purpose for existence on this earth, that very day we become enlightened, or the learned one. The irony is that unlike our yesteryear education, where Gurukul Parampara existed and every learning was associated with a blessing from Guru, education in today's parlance has become commercial and money-oriented. From Guru to Shishya, everyone is seeking education to make money out of it. Lost are the traditions, the value system, and the orientation in education. It is time that educationists and academicians give it a serious thought, and reorient and revamp our education system.

Mamta Mehrotra is the Administrative Head of D.A.V. Public School in Patna. She is an active worker fighting for the cause of women on various issues. As a counsellor for cases in domestic violence, she has worked in an NGO Surya Mahila Koshang.
She is a versatile writer. Many of her short stories have been published in Kadambini, local newspapers and other magazines of national repute. Besides this, she has been an editor of various magazines such as Samajik Parivesh and Vartman Sandarbha. She also writes columns on Human Rights for Ganadesh.
A Ph.D. on her works has been awarded and is to be published in 8 Indian languages.
Associated with S.C.E.R.T. (State Centre for Education Research and Training) she writes course books from class I‑IX in English. She has written several books in English and Hindi on Gender issues.
E-mail:
mamtamehrotra69@gmail.com