Prof. K. K. Aggarwal, Vice Chancellor, Guru Gobind Singh University
Friends, every child when born, I believe, is a peace loving child. And it is we who probably spoil his nature; it is we who take him to the wrong direction from a peace-loving human being to a human being who starts believing in conflicts, believing in hatred, and so on and so forth.
And, therefore, education is the means which will have to come in to correct the situation. I remember the famous sculptor of Michelangelo. He created a beautiful statue, and a friend of his said, “Out of a piece of stone you have created this beautiful statue.” The sculptor said, “This statue was already within the stone. I have not created it. All I have done is, I have chiseled off the undesirable pieces which were around the statue and which were masking the statue.” I think, friends, in the same way, a child, who is born by the kindness of God, is a peace loving child. In the name of education, we have started believing in stuffing him with more and more information, rather than chiseling him off to make sure he remains a peace loving person. If we give that holistic shift to the educational paradigm, we believe we’ll be able to do much better. And that seems to be the aim of Darshan Education Foundation. I compliment them for their effort and believe that all of us should join hands to make it a grand success.