How I failed in Engineering!

Being a 'Bandh', I had the opportunity to interact with a person who sells Panipuri- Bhel-Shevpuri...He's from other state. He didn't knew his age, but had an election card which said dob-1988, he said he got it with a randomly chosen date. He has a Std.X passing certificate, which he got after paying at school. He didn't get his marriage registered. His daughter was born at home, is 2yrs old now. He hasn't got her birth certificate till now. On a good day, he earns(profits) around 1k per day. This week was low with around 0.4k per day. He wants his daughter to get educated.

A distant learning diploma student came with his mother to ask for help in clearing some subjects. He was too shy to speak- introverted what we say these days. He couldn't talk to female teachers, needs guidance, but isn't possible to get in a 'so called urban' but actually rural Goregaon.

Does your work help these two people directly? We should seriously start thinking if the direction we're leading is correct. Our education probably failed to inculcate 'introspection'.

All these years, we've been brought up hypocritically, made hypocrits and selfish.

I happened to watch an episode of a Marathi serial- 'Kamla'(ETV Marathi), coincidentally today. It wonderfully expressed social problems like girls being sold, reporters being harassed, how innocent people turn into terrorists, several others, which we actually are still failing at addressing.

Trust me, at some times, the line dividing good and bad is fine, at sone times wrong things are clearly visible. We're failing at sowing deeply the ethics and morals society should have.

We aim at a project with getting a patent, publication, work which somehow will make a good impact, but an impact on ourselves. Research's aim basically was helping society.

You know what I feel bad about the most, that inspite of staying here for last 5yrs, I couldn't teach farmers how to use roller or ball bearings in their charts, I couldn't teach autorickshaw drivers to lubricate some parts periodically, I couldn't insist a roadside mechanic to open engine in a clean room, I couldn't tell people here that we need to dispose waste oil, we need to dispose village's waste which is piling up outside the village.

No one else is going to come. We are the society we blame. Be the change.

We need to change our motos- "Shivaji janmava pan shejarcha gharat".

That distinction in your graduation, XII, X, your publications, your patents are useful only if you serve the people.
When I get stipend, I need to use it cautiously because it comes from the tax taken from the people, I need to pay it back. Its a loan I take for lifetime and repay as a service.

And yes I'm a hypocrite because I'm not doing this. I'm corrupt and lazy, because I know I'm not delivering what I should be.

No offense, but when I should be studying alternative energy sources, sustainable energy sources, energy conservation, sustainable growth, humanities, etc, I'm studying refrigeration-airconditioning and further happens to be my favourite. Subjects many a times depend on person projecting it more than what that subject actually is. PR. A teacher with better PR seems better.