Education the weakest link in Haryana’s story
The issues that we face today are all, in some or the other manner, related to the increasing failure of our education system.
THE region that today forms Haryana has held the answers to several fundamental questions in Indian history. Pre-Harappan (3000 BCE) sites that are scattered across the state soundly establish the existence of an advanced society. Vedic texts that were rooted in the region remain the world's earliest guide to spirituality and righteousness, just as dharma associated with region has remained a civilisational testament both for the ruler and the ruled. It was, however, the period of invasions starting with Mahmud of Ghazni (1011 CE) that destroyed the region's spiritual and cultural legacy. Thus, the Haryana that the British took over in 1803 was the result of years of political instability that had attracted looters, adventurers and mercenaries. In the great uprising of 1857, the British faced some of the toughest incidents of resistance in the region. The vengeful colonial system ensured that the region was made to pay a heavy price. Haryana fell back by an entire age compared to western Punjab during the colonial period.
