Creative Folks, It’s Your Time Now

Education Often ‘Killed’ Us Everyone remembers how, when we were of 10 or 12 or 14, our parents and teachers almost gloated on our tiny abilities to draw, paint, dance, sing or write a poem; how we were paraded before our relatives to ‘show our talent’ or perform on school stage on the Annual Day. As we turned 16 till 18, and faced two Board exams of X and XII standards, all these great abilities took a backseat, were dubbed as ‘hobbies’ and declared not to be pursued much for the moment. We must rather focus on our careers, education that will give grades, make us logical and rational, and put us on a great professional track as the best engineers, doctors, lawyers or stock-brokers of the world. Before we could realise, we were adults, into a rat race, and have forgotten that once upon a time we also did sing, dance, draw, write poetry, act, or speak...