Any person who has taken interest in Mahabharata even remotely would be aware of the story of Eklavya. The famous archer who considered Drona to be his guru and developed his expertise after taking inspiration from him. Drona didn't agree to teach him archery because he was associated with Arjuna- a kshatriya, while Eklavya was apparently from a lower sociological strata. This didn't deter Eklavya to give up his passion.
Fast forward and come to the 21st century. There may be few Dronas now who may be unwilling to tutor anyone for sociological reasons. But on the flip side there are millions who can't really afford to pay to learn from professors of the best universities of the world. Had internet existed in the age of Mahabharata, Eklavya would have been able to see Drona on youtube, listened to his thoughts on podcast, read about his theories of warfare online and may be even attended his webinar without Drona ever getting to know about all this. We are all Eklavya's in some form trying to learn from Dronas scattered all over the world. The distance between Arjuna and Eklavya has shrunk considerably.
Today we as Eklavyas can get to learn from whosoever we want to, provided we have the intent and inclination to do that. Big assumption being we can afford to access internet.
And the icing on the cake is that, the Drona will not get to ask his thumb as gurudakshina any more.
It has taken several ages to reach this stage. Some distances are just so long to cover !
1 comment:
Just give it a Thought.
Some one is in prison for 10 years and he is allowed to use internet, only two websites Wikipedia and Blogger, Even then he could gain the best of knowledge otherwise available to him...
One can even master the multiple fields.
Wish i get at-least 1 month fully dedicated to such freely available knowledge.
Good Job
This post is definitely worth my notice board. It will remind me.....
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