My phone alarm rang, and I woke up. Yesterday's events were constantly replaying in my mind, so I couldn't sleep peacefully the entire night. I got up, showered, washed my clothes, had lunch, and stood on the street again, asking passersby for a lift. About twenty minutes later, a taxi driver stopped and asked me if I'd like to go to Pachpadra. I replied, "It'll cost twenty rupees." I said, "Okay, let's go." By the time I reached Pachpadra, the bus hadn't arrived. I got there and started smoking a cigarette. After a while, the bus arrived, and we boarded the bus and headed for the refinery. A man from our community had come to work with me as a security guard. We got acquainted and reached the refinery, sharing a seat and chatting. I went to my post. He had been given another post. I arrived, took charge, walked around a bit, and then sat down on a chair. Yesterday's events were still on my mind. I started searching on my mobile phone, but the network at the refinery was very poor, so I couldn't do much. The internet was very slow, so this was a big problem for me. Neither the refinery nor my room had internet access. How could I continue my research? How could I find out what was going on and what I should do? The shop had opened, and contractors were coming to pick up supplies. I chatted with some people, learning about their work, their places of origin, their education, and their age. As I met and interacted with people, their attitudes toward me began to change. They smiled at me and answered my questions readily. There was a small piece of internet in a corner of the shop. I set up my chair and sat there. There was shade and a gentle breeze. I was searching the internet. I found a simple solution to India's education system. I began researching the ancient education system, trying to understand how it worked. India is considered a world leader. India once had a university like Nalanda, which was a source of inspiration for the entire world. This is the plight we face in this country today. This was the primary reason I wanted to understand why this was happening. India produced many great scholars who conquered the world with their education. But at that time, a major problem was that public attitudes toward education were very weak. Not everyone wanted to receive an education, so access to education was limited. Then the British came to India, introduced the English education system, and gradually the level of education began to rise. Even after 75 years of independence, education is still not at the level it should be. I researched to find out the reason and found that the main reason is the privatization of education. People have turned education into a business. This has made education expensive. Because of this high cost, not everyone can afford to educate their children. Despite education being free in government schools in Rajasthan, people are unable to access it. This was a major puzzle for me. When education is free, why is it not available? It's not the government's fault. This worried me even more. I began to wonder what the problem was. I did more research and found that the biggest problem was the lack of proper employment after education. Children may study, but if they have to work, where will they find work? If they have to work, what's the point of studying? This seemed reasonable to me, but to understand it clearly, I logged onto the Indian government's website and searched for some information.Meanwhile, it was already 11 o'clock. The tea vendor brought me tea and called out, "Have some tea." I drank it and sat down on my chair. Then I decided to take a walk around the storeroom just in case the supervisor came. I started walking around. Luckily, just as I was doing the walk, the supervisor arrived. He asked me if there was any problem. I said, "No, there's no problem, everything is fine." After the supervisor left, I sat down again and started thinking about my job and what I was doing here. I was a security guard, and I was thinking about people's education and employment, even though I was on the verge of unemployment. Why was I thinking like this? What difference does it make to me whether someone was educated or not, or whether someone had a job or not? What difference does it make to me? Now that I have a job, I must do my work honestly. I have to do the work I've been given. Thinking this, I got up from my chair and went into the storeroom to take a walk. I was at the back of the store, picking up some contact materials. I stood near them and observed what items were being given out, who was giving what items, and how much. There was laughter and fun, but my heart was still sad. Despite being a servant, I wasn't ready to give up on the thought that whether people got an education or not, what difference did it make to me? My heart wasn't bearing this in mind. At one point, I thought I was lazy, that's why I sat in my chair to avoid moving around too much, but the truth was that I couldn't concentrate on my work. My focus was solely on the education system because I had been through it myself and knew well that when a person didn't have a job, no one in their home, no one in their family respected them as much as I did. So, this made me even more sad. I went back to my chair and tried to write a few pages. I researched India's education system online, and also researched various government employment schemes. The entire day passed like this. I didn't do any work or pay attention to anything. I sat in my chair all day, researching on my mobile phone. Then, as usual, I caught a bus and got off at Pachpadra. From there, I took a ride home. But I couldn't sleep at night. I thought, maybe I could do something to change this system, because everything depends on the system. If the system is right, people automatically become a part of it, and when the system is wrong, people start distancing themselves from it. Something similar is happening in India; the system itself is not right. Why is there a need to privatize education? Although it was very important when it first began, today education has become a business. In India, known as the world's teacher and home to the world's oldest universities, the privatization of education and its commercialization is the biggest cause of India's ruin. It is the privatization of education that keeps India from being classified as a developed country. As long as privatization of education continues, India will never be able to reach the developed world. Today, India may possess nuclear bombs and missiles like the Prithvi Agni, but unless education is structurally compulsory in India's education system, the Indian government can never develop India. Today, I learned another thing. The people of India have great faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi, believing that he will develop India, but in all these years, he has not taken any concrete steps regarding education. This made me realize that he is like other Prime Ministers. Yes, we can say that others have looted the country; they may have looted a little, but he will definitely loot because it has become the nature of this country that whoever sits on the throne will loot. In the past, people used to rob with intimidation, while today's leaders rob with folded hands and love. There's not much difference between the two, as both are looting the country. But now, I'm faced with another problem: if every child in the country is to be educated and every educated person is to be employed, the government system must change, because only the government can do this. A common man like me can't do all this. I've understood this all along, but how will the government change? Even if I win the election, who will vote for me? And even if I do win, who will vote for me in Parliament? Who will listen to me? Because a single person can probably do something, but changing the system in such an environment isn't easy. I kept thinking about this, and I didn't realize when I fell asleep.
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