Babubhai Jashbhai Patel: The Teacher who Upheld the Profound Values of the Sanatana Educational Tradition

An anecdote from the life of Babubhai Jashbhai Patel, former Gujarat Chief Minister and Vice Chancellor of the Sardar Patel University

WHEN ANANDA COOMARASWAMY prophetically declared about eighty years ago that education was the most unfortunate and tragic of all problems that India faced, the statement encompassed all facets of education. Including teachers. Indeed, the abysmal trajectory of education in India ever since can be observed in the yawing chasm that separates an Acharya an…