For last one week, newspapers and magazines have been producing pieces on Nehru before his birthday, his ideas of socialism and how it will sustain in the age when the government in power is doing away with “the idea of the Nehru”. They are taking his birth anniversary as a platform for political discourse. Apart from this we should also take this day to debate how we are playing with the children of our country.14 th November is celebrated as the children’s day. I think this the right time when we should celebrate and dedicate this day to ponder that childhood today stands at crossroads. Let us discuss what has marred our children. First and foremost is the education system. The culprit. The aim of education is to liberate human mind and ignite it, but ours is a system that binds the mind and degenerates it. For our kids text books are gospels of truth-absolute truth. If they write or say something out of text book, it’s thought to be a crime. Education today has become bu