On Reading & Education
Jha had built up an enviable reputation as an administrator. Sarojini Naidu once called him ‘the Grand Moghul of the University’. There was enough justification for such a remark, for no external authority could interfere in the administration of the University and he was the monarch of all he surveyed.
The fourth and final section of the book attempts to set up a dialogue between the two characters in the children’s book story, school books and trade books, by seeing if the latter can comfortably and self-assuredly accompany the former to teach and educate the children who are after all the target audience for both.
The book also talks about holistic development with equal emphasis on physical, mental and spiritual health. The author provides tips to improve in each of these areas. Besides personal growth, the book also covers areas of financial planning and investment
Recent advances in the field of agriculture and medicine have pointed towards the vested interests of capitalists in promoting developments and innovations that benefit a few, and continue to perpetuate an exclusionary society. The impact of genetically modified seeds will only be fully evident over the next generations.