Ever since human society evolved there has been a generation gap between parents and children. Children have always felt that parents are old fashioned fossils set in their ideas and unable to understand them. A hundred years ago arguments may have been on whether to wear dhotis or trousers but there would have been only minor changes between generations. Now, however, the gap is real and big as a mountain. Everchanging technology means that by the time we have learnt to use one gadget it is already out of date. Computers and internet mean that information is passed on within seconds and adopted throughout the world. Not every innovation is progressive however. I still think that the VCR was a much better device than the DVD because it gave me the freedom to record television programmes to be seen at a more convenient time. Having a hard disk in your tv is not the same thing because it will crash sooner or later requiring the hassle of gettting it fixed. In this world education has become as important as nutrition and vaccinations for children. A child deprived of learning computers and english will be the new scheduled caste and will earn in hundreds while others will earn in millions. That is why politicians in India who still force vernacular education on children are enemies of the people. Human sacrifice?