As goes the saying, all are bound to know the Law of the land. Ignorance of Laws cannot be excused. One should undertake necessary learnings on respective laws before venturing into any physical transactions in any domain. Countries graft laws and implement the same anticipating peoples' absolute adherence to the same. At times the ruling powers comes up with something which doesn't correspond to the mind of the people. Apparently these laws falls big in terms of execution for the simple reason that people don't accept it. Let's look into the Child Marriage Restraint Act, which was incorporated during the pre-partition era of India. The law says any marriage between a male and a female before they reach the age of 21 and 18 respectively, will be deemed to be illegal. It ensures the mental and physical maturity of both parties before stepping into a married life. Now the question is, why is this law violated in a large way even after 85 years of legislation. Why these attempts are not producing the desired changes in the society? The emergency days have seen the worst law repudiations in the history of India. This points to the fact that, Laws has to be enacted in concurrence with the mind of the people. Jurisdictions which does not justify the consciousness of the samaj, will fall flat. So what is the real remedy for an effective change in samaj? Is it enactment of tough acts and their subsequent amendments later !
Greats always laid the foundations for building the Law Makers of the future. Their pursuit was to nurture the mankind, who will gradually lead the samaj towards betterment. Swami Vivekananda wanted the youngsters to be the torch bearers of nation building by enlightening the masses. He always upheld the principle that all have immense potentiality in changing the course of the sufferings. Gurus like him understood that change has to begin in the people, not by enforcing any policy or pressure. Yes, educational institutions have the greatest role in nurturing and grooming the generations. I don't think even a staunch supporter of current education system, will agree that each child discovers his/her potentials after stepping out of these insitituitions. At this point, as a nation how many organisations are involved in this process of Man Making. Even though its fewer, we do have some. Youth involvement determines the nations progress. We have examples of Libya, Pakistan, Syria, Egypt and many other nations facing the wrath of youngsters. Development of an individual should happen in three ways, Physically, Mentally and Spiritually. Spiritual development in one creates a sense of oneness being with the entire living organisms of the universe. Probably this was missing in all ways. There is a consensus among the elite leaders of our nation that, a collective effort from the people is the only way to bring a change. Drafting policies alone will not serve the big cause. Yes its this understanding each of us have to consider when we groom our future generation
