Quotes

• 1."Paper knowledge, paper evaluations, paper degrees all too papery and all too theoretical; it has very little that prepares us for real life in the real world."




• 2."Education needs to be linked with life and should take into count the ground situation in different parts of India."




• 3."Private schools cannot be the answer to nation's needs. Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway are leading examples where government schools are world acclaimed."




• 4."Ladakh has changed a lot. Flash floods are common, followed by drought."




• 5."Our young ones have always been shoulder to shoulder with grown-ups, learning on the job in the field, facing challenges. They were never designed to sit and listen or scribble."




• 6."Ladakhi life is very fine-tuned with nature. We don't want it to become like cities."




• 7."Yes, though trained as an engineer, I shifted to education as I realized that the system needed to be changed; I saw so many of the bright minds caged."




• 8."I always say please live a simple life in the city so that we can lead a simple life in the mountains."




• 9."I believe that education should be about healing the earth and dealing with the crises that we are in."




• 11."Don't blame the child for forgetting lessons; make the lessons unforgettable."




• 12."I always say please live a simple life in the city so that we can lead a simple life in the mountains."