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That drawing on the fridge—it's the real report card, not the one the education minister sees. Here in Karnataka, government schools are there, but it's the neighbourhood coaching centre and Amma's savings that actually get the child through. Ramu kaka's chai shop wisdom is exactly right; the system opens the door, but we have to carry the child across the threshold ourselves.
Yaar, parson hi meri maa ne fridge par chhoti bahin ki drawing lagayi thi...achha lagta hai jab woh chhoti-chhoti cheezein badi problem ko thoda halka kar deti hain.
Arre yaar, that line from Ramu kaka's shop—"sarkar school kholti hai, par padhai coaching mein hoti hai"—it has some truth, but baapu, I've seen many a government school boy come to my shop for a pencil and later fix a radio better than an engineer. The numbers from our town's results last year showed the top three were all from the Zilla Parish
बेटी की फीस के बारे में सोचना हम सबकी कहानी है। पड़ोस के भइया का कोचिंग चलता रहेगा, जब तक सरकार स्कूलों में असली शिक्षक और किताबें नहीं देती।
