The study of local school in Uttrakhand has added one permanent dimension to my life is the eternal love for my home state and people. Apart from nature and other aspects what plays out in my mind is the most beautiful years of my life, the child hood , the nascent upbringing and a goal less era. Growing up in seventies have been a better part of my and everyone's life, the career was never a priority the competition never came in scheme of things. The only pressure was to pass the exams and get a govt job , like the percentage did not matter so does the designation of the job. The criteria mattered is the security and that's what you all find in a govt job, the country may face recession, natural disasters but your job will be secure. Once a govt employee your status and opinion automatically went up in the society. This was there in seventies, nobody could understand the difference between an LDC and a driver...all commanded same respect in the society. People those who could not find a govt job would then try for armed forces which was the most sought after career of the hill youths, the recruitment started right in the hills and the security was also there and one traveled places while in service, nobody took any other career option seriously as these two. The civil services was never an option for the hill youth since the percentage was always an issue, the English has remained a foreign language till date to the most of the hill youth, though there are many pvt schools which have come up in the hills , but English as a language has not had much success in the hills. The era of liberalization has changed the dynamics of job market in India and the effect of the same has had in hills also, now more and more youth with professional bent are making marks, the computer wizard, MBA's and other related degrees are also finding takers in the hills. The education horizon has widened but what is most unfortunate and worrisome is the hills are not actually getting benefited by the advancement of pahadi;s career. The mass exodus to the nearby towns and bigger cities is an alarming trend. Not much is happening on the village level , the villages is today manned by the elders , women folk and students. the state of hills quite shocking. This worries me a lot and also to the most of the people those who had to come out of these beautiful hills to find a job and a career.
Thinking back about those years and time i spent in hills i still feel indebted to the nature , and hopefully one day will go back to them again, far away from the maddening crowds of the Metropolitan in the lap of my motherland...........sooner or later...but go i will one day.
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