Children and innocence go hand in hand. When we utter the word children automatically sweet, cute, joyful nature and especially innocence comes to our mind.Children likes to play, they have all naughty tricks in their mind. They always wait for opportunities to try pranks on others but slowly it is fading away from our society.
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When a baby rests peacefully in his mother’s arm, he is very innocent. That time he is free of corruption, torture, pressure (physical and mental), even it is said that he is in a heavenly world where he talks and plays with Almighty. As time passes he grows but keeping his angelic nature intact he tries to copy an elderly person who always stays in disguise. When they are kids they do not know from which religion, caste, creed, sect they belong to. But they know what they are, he or she, it is just restricted till there. Gradually they try to adopt the negative nature of the society knowingly or unknowingly. If one can keep the negative and positive tracks in parallel position then for them making a difference between the two would not be difficult. Everyone wants to be good human being but at times they are unable to fulfill it due to pressure or torture or any influence, they lose their own track and forget the differences.
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When one goes into the world of education they forget the two tracks as described earlier. But then and now education system of our country is different. Previously women were not allowed to receive education but the present scenario is quite different. They are now no less than men in any field. Till 20th century the competition between the two candidates was not much high. In recent times competition is growing by the day. Due to huge transformation of competition children are losing their innocence at a very early age. Especially the parents want their own child to be a genius who knows everything in this world. But this is not exactly possible. Parents are creating pressure on their child to get high percentages in studies and besides that the child also needs to be a champion across a number of extra curricular activities. There is a reason behind creating physical and mental pressure which is employment. When India was under British rule they gave a larger shape to our education system and English became a very important language. Parents want their children to go to an English medium school as people think that if one cannot communicate in English the person is not literate enough. That is why young generation people tend to forget their own mother tongue. Still guardians send children to English mediums to have a better job. As India is a third world country the rate of employment is low. India not only has a high rate of seasonal unemployment but educated unemployment also prevails.
Parents are concerned with just one fact, their child needs to come first in every sphere. This is creating a mental torture or pressure on the young ones. They are not able to play or nurture their hobbies. This is spoiling their childhood and they become extra mature in a very primitive age losing their charming innocent nature. Teachers and parents tend to lose their temper and start torturing physically which is a burning issue today and the children go into the phase of depression. Looking back to the educational institutions, they are also creating a huge pressure on students. Teachers do partiality between students for which pupils suffer from inferiority complex. When they lose the limit of tolerance they attempt suicide. They want to be an escapist from the world of torture where no freedom exists. They become so much introvert that even mother cannot make out their evil intention. As many students do not have enough strength to commit suicide they become psychological patients.
If this continues many talented people will fade away from our society. Directly or indirectly we the people will be responsible for their erosion.
About the Author-
Nilika Banerjee is student of Journalism & Mass Communication at Rani Birla Girl's College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, and they do not reflect in any way those of the Dispassionate Observer.
Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, and they do not reflect in any way those of the Dispassionate Observer.
