Let Them Ask Questions Poem by Asit Kumar Sanyal

Our forefathers were the leaders
in science, Mathematics, surgery and astronomy
We invented the decimal system
One of the most earth-shaking inventions
Of all time
But seven hundred years passed
We could not do any path-breaking invention
What's the reason for it?
Why we slipped from the path?

Our education system is broken
Broken by the invaders time to time
Modified by the Mughal, Pathan, British ….
Our present political leaders
To fulfill their interests
Now it's a memorizing education
Rote learning method
With Traditional syllabus
Memory oriented question answers,
Faulty examination process
It deprived our student
To understand natural phenomena using theory
Their world is text books only
And mum when asked questions out of it.

If one asks our junior school student
Why the Sun turns red while setting?
How the dew comes on the grass in winter night
Why an astronaut feels lighter on the moon?
And what's the reason … sky is blue?
Majority look at face

That is the tragedy of our education
We have increased the load
Of their school bags
But not taught them to ask questions
As they like
Did not encourage them
To understand nature
Through Math, chemistry, biology ….
And to solve the problems
Posed by the limitations of nature.