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Forget about NEET for a moment. If such students mistakenly become doctors in the future, people may question whether hospitals will continue to be places of trust.

Medicine has always been considered a noble profession. If individuals who display such disrespectful language, behaviour, and attitudes enter this profession, how can society completely trust people with such a mindset?

Why is the Indian Medical Association (IMA) silent?

Does the medical fraternity want students with such attitudes? Is there no importance given to integrity, ethics, and professional values?

Do they support such methods of protest?

This was not a protest; it was a display of indiscipline and unacceptable behaviour.

The medical fraternity must reflect upon what kind of juniors and interns they want to nurture and what kind of legacy they wish to pass on to the next generation.

Though politics is not my domain, the recent protests highlight the kind of parenting these protesters have received.

These protesters do not represent the real youth of India. The real youth of India is participating in IMO, Olympiads, WSDC, and embarking on numerous innovative journeys.

But still this section, was part of India, and this is most painful thing to accept today.

This youth who were no less than gangsters considering their language, etiquettes and action.

Today they have brought shame to India, a country known for its rich culture and values. A country where Shravan Kumar was born, a country where a son accepted 14 years of exile to honour his father’s promise.

Let us, for a moment, forget whom they disrespected. The bigger question is: which Indian home teaches youngsters to abuse a 75-year-old man in this manner? Which school did these youngsters attend? Which teachers were responsible for shaping them and correcting them when they crossed boundaries?

There was a social media post where the mother of the person who led these protests said that she was proud of him. Immediately, a story came to my mind.

A thief was caught, and when he was caught, he bit his mother. When asked why he did so, he replied that his mother had praised him the first time he committed a theft at school and brought something home. Had she corrected him at that moment, he would have understood that his action was wrong and might not have become such a dreadful thief.

Similarly, had their parents, teachers, and schools corrected them when they first used such language or displayed such disrespectful behaviour, perhaps they would not have reached this stage.

Especially concerning the girls, the kind of language used and the posters displayed were deeply disappointing. It is painful to see such behaviour from anyone, especially from young Indians who represent the future of the country.

Whenever I visit a book fair, I notice something interesting.

People rushing to buy collections from foreign authors — especially fantasy stories like Harry Potter. Parents are making a big reading mistake with their kids. We are giving them books about fictional wizards and magical schools…while ignoring the real heroes from our own history.

Now don’t get me wrong and just think about it… those are entertaining books.

But sometimes I wonder — why are we so fascinated by fictional wizards, when our own land is full of real stories far more powerful?

A child can name Harry Potter…but may not know Rani Lakshmibai, Swami Vivekananda, or APJ Abdul Kalam.

Stories of ancient Indian wisdom…Stories of our sages, freedom fighters, brave women, and our soldiers.

Real courage. Real sacrifice. Real inspiration.

This is not about rejecting fantasy. It’s about balance.

Because our land is full of real stories of courage, wisdom, and sacrifice.

So next time you buy a book for your child…add one Amar Chitra Katha to the cart.

A child connected to his or her parents, and culture can never go wrong.

Spirituality is the centre of entire wisdom of this Universe. God is the centre of the Universe and entire knowledge in this world has emanated from Him. You can call him by whatever name, important is to believe and follow the right path. To show your kids the right path, amidst all the noise in this world, it is important that they are connected to their culture, their roots.

So if you wish to connect your kids to spirituality, as an Indian Hindu, my favourite publishers would be

• Gita press Gorakhpur
• Ramakrishna Mission
• Amar Chitra Katha

Their stores are filled with children books and books in turn are filled with stories, stories that are inspiring, that show the righteous and virtuous path to life.

Give them the right books and these books will show them the right path.

My urgent call to new parents and those who understand the value of spirituality and Indian culture. In this race of modernisation, social media where everyone wants to be an influencer at the cost of anything, where kids are crazy for K-pop and gaming, raise the kids who are strong within, who are connected to the real strength of spirituality. Take kids to book fairs, bring for them ACK series on Mahabharata and Ramayana and let them immerse in the holy wisdom.

My special call for Indian families settled abroad, whatever be your reason of going away,I am sure you are doing your bit not to forget that you inherently an Indian. So to make your kids not forget their culture, make them read Indian books, spiritual books and let them know how great in Indian culture.

Will share best reads from the above publishers soon. Till then, Happy reading.

Happy connecting to your roots.

I have been visiting World book fair when my child was only 6 months, from soft touch and sound books to picture books to chapter books and the journey has been so enriching. Book fairs are an unlimited ocean of books, its hard to resist which one to buy and which one to leave.

Why I started visiting book fair so early? Even when my child aged 6 months could read or write. Many people asked me so. I used to buy huge number of books even which were 3 to 4 years ahead of his age group. Feeling the new books, opening the pages would fill him with excitement more than any toy or a teddy bear. For babies and toddlers, you not only find soft touch books, sound books, but bedtime stories, nursery rhymes to read upon but also puzzles, abacus, maths blocks and many other educational tools.

I can guarantee, as a parent you would never struggle to keep your child away from social media, video games and television if they are addicted to books.

My child has never played video games, not on any social media and his interests in Movies and Serials is unique and enriching. My child every year is most excited about the book fair dates more than any international holidays or anything else.

Visiting book fair has become a necessary ritual of our family, its a learning cum entertainment trip, where we all choose books now as per our interests and keep on going from one stall to another till our feet give up.

The world of books is enchanting and Book fairs are gateways to this enchanting world. It should be a must visit for every parent and every school should plan trips to book fairs.

So if you want your child to be in love with learning, make it sure to visit book fairs, libraries or join some reading clubs.

Let them explore the fantasy world of books, let them fall in love with the scent and touch of books.

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