Saraswati Puja: When Worship Replaces Wisdom
Every year, during Saraswati Puja , schools, colleges, and homes across India dress up books, pens, and musical instruments. Students fold their hands before Goddess Saraswati—the symbol of knowledge, learning, creativity, and wisdom . For a day, education is sacred. And then the next day… we go back to memorising answers we don’t understand. India is one of the few countries in the world that worships education as a goddess . We also worship wealth, power, and success. Yet the irony is painful: Despite divine reverence, our education system is struggling to compete with the rest of the world. So the uncomfortable question is— Are we truly worshipping Saraswati, or just performing a ritual? Rituals Without Reflection Saraswati represents learning , not marks. Curiosity , not cramming. Wisdom , not blind obedience. But our education system tells a different story: * Students are rewarded for rote learning , not original thinking * Marks matter more than skills * Failure is p...