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One who is interested in knowing the pitfalls of our present so-called modern educational system and how to improve it, must read this book.
Shri H.N.Dastur, Bhavan's Executive Secretary gave a heart warming extempore speech on Kulapati Munshi on July 14, 2012 at Bhavan's Bangalore Kendra.
Indian Post issued a COMMEMORATIVE STAMP on Dr. K.M Munshi on December 30, 1988. The stamp depicts K.M. Munshi and a tree, symbolising his interest in the Van Mahotsav. The First Day Cover (FDC, which are issued with every COMMEMORATIVE STAMP) shows him against the background of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.
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"Creative Education which draws its sustenance fromour Culture, is on firm ground. It is formative in character, it rejects mere acquisition of knowledge, and recognizes that self-discipline and consecration are necessary to enable a student to develop a personality which grows as he grows older."
"It is an error to suppose that a man is truly educated, because he is a good scientist or a literary man though a bad husband; because, he is a capable lawyer though a bad citizen; because he is a good patriot but a moral wreck."
"Indian Culture must be viewed as the movement of a Central Idea flowing through time, absorbing alien influences, sometimes running underground but always inspiring individuals and movements to express it under the changed conditions of their time."
"Formative education in India therefore must follow the lines of our Culture. Any Foreign Culture as an educative force is full of danger."
"A teacher has in thought, word and deed to be the guide,philosopher and friend of his student before he can develop the guru attitude."
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Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan stands for an essentially Indian education. Such an education must necessarily follow the lines of our own Culture. This Culture is not a mere matter of religion, not a particular social system, nor a philosophy by itself. It is a way of life. Through and in it alone can our destiny be realised.
When Munshiji drafted these ideals of Bharatiya Shiksha or Indian Education, the theory and practice of Creative Education both in ancient and modern India and abroad were drawn upon. With the growing number of teachers and students in the Bhavan it was not possible for him to come into close touch with them. He, therefore, decided to place before a wider audience, in the form of a book, what he conceived to be the true meaning and effect of the objects of the Creative Education referred to as Bharatiya Shiksha.
Creative Education must make our young man really Indian, strong, true and free - an embodiment of the finest in his Culture; an authentic representative of India, the teacher of nations, which has a message for humanity.
One who is interested in knowing the pitfalls of our present so-called modern educational system and how to improve it, must read this book. Since our educational system, its method and its focus haven't changed much even so many years after independence, the relevance of this book even today hasn't deteriorated if not doubled.
In the Galaxy of eminent men of India, Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi is a shining star that still beckons humanity to the path of duty and dharma.
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The Bhavan and Kulapati Munshi are synonymous. The Bhavan, his lengthened shadow, is the vibrant symbol of the continuing modern Indian renaissance which Raja Ram Mohan Roy pioneered in Bengal in the 19th century.
Read on →Just a glimpse of some of the prominent books authored by Munshiji.
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