Vj Agarwal 450 days ago

The Right to Education (RTE) Act has enabled every village to have a government primary school, every child getting free education, textbooks and mid-day meal. It is also a fact that almost every child in government schools belongs to economically disadvantaged, underserved and/or underprivileged families. Frankly, the children in these schools are being deprived of their right to quality education with little or no opportunity for writing. That is where the nonprofit Vidya Gyan is making an effort under its Pencil to Power initiative.

Contrast RTE with the “bag,” the one owned by Nita Ambani, the wealthiest family in India. Beyond my imagination, she owns a very special Hermès Himalaya Birkin Bag, the ''Holy Grail in a Handbag collection, estimated to be valued over 2.6 crore Rupees. Yes, God has blessed Ambani family and in a free country like India, everyone has the Right to Richness (RTR).

It caught my attention because it is an example of social injustice that one person can own an exclusive bag, but millions of children are unable to have an opportunity to write, critical to learning. Her one purse can buy about 1 million stationery kirs to include one notebook, pencil, and eraser.