Technical Education vs Humanistic Education

People nowadays are greatly attracted by technical education, and naturally, too. But we should also remember that technical education without the complement of humanistic studies will be imperfect, lopsided, and deficient. It is possible for us, by the control we have obtained over the forces of nature, to bring about paradise on earth. It is equally possible for us, by pressing a button, to destroy continents. If the choice is to be made wisely, we must be cultivated in the art of civilized life. Humanistic training and technological study must be regarded as complementary to each other. They should not be regarded as divorced or as separated from each other.

The more important thing is referred to as social education. Even so many institutions, which we have loved and in which we have lived, have fallen from our eyes. At a time, when we are circling the earth, trying to reach the moon and the stars, to talk about: is this my caste? Is that your community? I must try to advance the interests of my caste or community – all this seems to be an indication of utter immaturity of mind and judgment. It is essential that we should regard ourselves as members belonging to one whole society and we should try to behave like human beings, not beings belonging to that caste or that community, this denomination or that religion, but as members of one whole society. That is the problem today.