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Education - Kal, Aaj aur Kal

In times of yore, skills passed down to the next generation, this the only way of livelihood, deliverance comes as education For the privileged class, 'twas the teacher setting direction, preparing the minds n bodies, reverence comes as education In middle times, books came in to feed and fill our imagination, widening the ways to erudition, brilliance comes as education. The millennium last, educating masses builds so many a nation, tomes, pedagogy and academia, eminence comes as education. Today, wisdom pours thro' the Web, in fibre-optic illumination, wide world itself the classroom, transience comes as education. e-knowledge n e-learning now buzz, not esoteric n exclusion, open access becomes the way, multivalence comes as education. All knowledge only a click away, skills still remain the big illusion, How bridge this chasm, so true deliverance comes as education?

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