Stars on Earth–now in theatres
Taree Zameen Par:
Please do watch the movie before going further in to this post to feel the actual warmth of this simple yet beautiful portrait,TZP.
The first thing that made me wonder struck is the immense maturity of Amir in handling such a delicate storyline and his daring to do that in his debut attempt.Then its of course, the young kid who steals the show making almost all the faces so naturally.He has lived the various expressions and adds to the casualness of today’s schooling smarties.
Above all, a kind lesson is imparted to our parents and teachers,particularly in a nation like India,where “How to bring up a child coping to this competitive scenario?”, strikes as the billion dollar question.
Queries are answered via sharp scripts like,”Thers a cold world out there.Everyone wanted to grow toppers and rankers in their homes”, “Other than doctor,engineering and management is unacceptable”, “Every child has his own quality,own expertise and own desires”If you like to race,then breed horses”,”Putting the weight of your ambitions on the child is worser than child labor”.
The movie is defended by all supporting characters like Ishan’s father who has naturally depicted a busy,responsible,ears-closed,mouth-open dads.Thanks for preserving Ishan’s elder brother role by avoiding negative traits to his character,to add sympathy to Ishaan.
In a nutshell,three noteworthy things, I managed to grasp were:
1. Do not ever try to compare/mock/photocopy your kids with the peers.
2.Preserve the child’s individuality from the very beginning rather than imposing parents unfulfilled wishes of their childhood, without inspecting whether the child has a natural liking for it.
3.Crap! Device India’s primary education system from the scrap.( I now really hate the way i was admitted to my school for class xi for having scored above 900 out of 1100 in my board exams which was their filtering criteria.)
5 Quick Suggestions for Primary Education System in India:
1.Parents educational status/religion or community should have nothing to do with a child’s admission in to schools and providing info regarding the same should be made optional.
2.Purpose of screening tests should be for identifying children of varied calibers rather than filtering out their admissions in to the schools.
3.Academics,Sports and Arts should be the crux of education and all 3 should be dealt with equal importance.
4.The area of expertise of the child among the above 3 should be spotted from the very beginning and it should be nourished with extra care instead of pushing him/her in to all areas.
5.Exams and number based ranking system should be aborted.Just performance bands for all 3 skills(academics,sports and arts) should be released.
Taking cue from `Taare Zameen Par`, the Chandigarh administration has decided to start a new course to sensitize and train the teachers for identification of children with learning disabilities.The administration will also start a new resource centre to take away the stress and tension from the parents of such children.
Preaching valuable lessons to the society are prayers.Practicing them is noble;
