Tag Archives: education

They alone live who live for others…

Friday, February 5, 2010

The following quote by Swami Vivekananda has always been one that really interested and motivated me, though I think it is one that merits discussion:
“This life is short, the vanities of the world are transient, but they alone live who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive”
Tonight, I decided to find [...]

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Britain’s first state-sponsored Hindu school

Sunday, June 21, 2009

In a country like America, where secular public education is a principle, something like Britain’s first state-sponsored Hindu school simply could not exist.
After reading the article, I wondered: is it right for British taxpayers to fund faith-based education? I don’t think it is — why should taxpayers have to finance religious institutions when not everyone [...]

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