PDF, 17th June 2016
The persistence ( ढ़/िजद) of the crushing examination system is due to India’s hierarchical (वग कृ त) social
system — a point that is grossly under examined.
Once again, it is that time of the year when the examination results season may be just ending and the
admissions season is in progress, and marked by a cacophony (कणकटु ता) of two contradictory voices — often
from the same people — that rose to deafening levels from April to May when the results of various school
boards were declared. The first voice celebrated those who succeeded and did wondrously well. Newspaper
articles were published on which sections of students did better than the other. Did girls do better than the
boys? Did school system ‘X’ do better than school system ‘Y’? Pictures of individual students who topped the
examinations were published and their parents, teachers and schools eulogized ( शंसा करना). Once the general
‘results fever’ subsided, this shrill voice was echoed by private schools which claimed to have taught some of
the toppers, with their posters appearing in every possible place, from roadside electric poles to walls.
In general, this celebration of success in an examination goes on for the whole year, till the next results season
when the old faces are replaced with new ones to valorise.
Pressure of expectations
More importantly, the second voice is one of lamentation ( वलाप/मातम) as many students, wilting under stress
and pressure, burn out and even commit suicide in this season, simply because they could not fulfil their
parents’ expectations.
The loss of these young, and often bright, people must make us ponder ( च तन करना). They have moved up
all the way from nursery class to high school to fulfil their parents’ ambitions of seeing them grow into
engineers, doctors or managers graduating from the so-called top-level institutions in the country. These
children must have seen themselves only as exam-cracking “achievers” in order to make their parents happy.
They lost out on their childhood play and free time; no pranks (मजाक) with their friends and no experience of
the simple joy of just being a carefree child. This loss would have led to a narrow vision of human life guided
by the all-important value of “success”; which is just defined as getting a top job. Period. These children,
deprived (वं चत) of social development and trapped (जाल/ पंजरा) in an artificially developed world, choose
death over struggle when that world suffers a rude shock with exam results that are less than expected.
There is very little recognition that the first voice I talked about creates a powerful environment wherein the
trait of parents imposing their ambitions on the children becomes dominant( बल/ धान). When they do not turn
out to be as successful as their parents want them to, they fade away. This problem has two sides to it: the first is
the examination-oriented Indian education system, and the second is competitive and cruel parents.
1. Persistence (N)
 Synonyms : Steadfastness / Endurance / Tenacity
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Antonyms : Idleness / Laziness / Indolence
2. Hierarchical (Adj.)
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Synonyms : Hierarchic / Ranked / Graded / Stratified
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Antonyms : Disordered / Free-for-all
3. Cacophony (N)
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Synonyms : Noise / Discord / harshness
4. Eulogies (V)

Synonyms : Praise / Glorify / Extol / Idolize
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Antonyms : Blame / Censure / Damn / Insult
5. Lamentation (N)

Synonyms : Complaining / Keen / Grief / Elegy

Antonyms : Celebration / Praise / Enjoyment
6. Ponder (V)

Synonyms : Consider / Mull / Evaluate / Reflect

Antonyms : Discard / Forget / Ignore / Agree
7. Prank (N)

Synonyms : Antic / Gag / Lark / Spoof / Frivolity

Antonyms : Work / Seriousness
8. Deprived (Adj.)

Synonyms : Impoverished / Needy / Destitute / Dispossessed

Antonyms: Privileged / Rich / Wealthy
9. Trap (N)

Synonyms : Share / Trick / Bait / Ambush / Poly

Antonyms : Blessing / Honor / Truth / Repulsion
10. Dominant (Adj.)

Synonyms : Superior / Controlling / Assertive / Effective / Leading

Antonyms : Extra / Impotent / Auxiliary / Inferior
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