{"id":9008,"date":"2013-08-14T05:14:34","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T23:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.barusahib.org\/?p=9008"},"modified":"2025-10-24T14:11:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T08:41:00","slug":"passage-to-growth-a-stride-to-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barusahib.org\/blog\/passage-to-growth-a-stride-to-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Passage to growth &#8211; A stride to change"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_88 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/barusahib.org\/blog\/passage-to-growth-a-stride-to-change\/#Lessons_from_the_Sea\" >Lessons from the Sea<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/barusahib.org\/blog\/passage-to-growth-a-stride-to-change\/#The_Race_of_%E2%80%98I_Over_%E2%80%98Us\" >The Race of \u2018I\u2019 Over \u2018Us\u2019<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/barusahib.org\/blog\/passage-to-growth-a-stride-to-change\/#Akal_Academy_Bhadaur_%E2%80%93_A_Ray_of_Hope\" >Akal Academy, Bhadaur &#8211; A Ray of Hope<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/barusahib.org\/blog\/passage-to-growth-a-stride-to-change\/#Modern_Learning_in_Rural_Roots\" >Modern Learning in Rural Roots<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/barusahib.org\/blog\/passage-to-growth-a-stride-to-change\/#Drops_That_Form_an_Ocean_of_Change\" >Drops That Form an Ocean of Change<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lessons_from_the_Sea\"><\/span>Lessons from the Sea<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Look at the sea, and you will see so many creatures. Some tiny, some large, but all sharing the same space, helping each other for fulfilling their needs. Coming back to land and you will see man, known as the most intelligent creature on this earth who unlike those aquatic beings, does not believe in sharing any more.<br \/>\nWith the passage of time, man has arrived to establish as the most selfish creature on this planet. He differentiates between itself as <strong>Hindu, Christian or Muslim, as Punjabi or Gujarati,<\/strong> as <strong>an upper or lower caste,<\/strong> <strong>as a city dweller or as a villager.<\/strong> These create barriers in the course of development and bring nepotism over the top. As a result, each one does not get equal resources, leading to increasing income disparity.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Race_of_%E2%80%98I_Over_%E2%80%98Us\"><\/span>The Race of \u2018I\u2019 Over \u2018Us\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Today, we see ourselves in a race to score more marks, so that <strong>\u2018I\u2019<\/strong> will be happy, not <strong>\u2018us\u2019.<\/strong> Those from metropolitan cities shine brightly because of extra money being invested in various forms of external help, tuitions and high-quality schools. And for the rural children, it\u2019s all about hard work and not money.<br \/>\n<strong>Akal Academies<\/strong> have not only been helping these rural lads to achieve their dreams by providing a quality education to them, but also shaping their characters.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Akal_Academy_Bhadaur_%E2%80%93_A_Ray_of_Hope\"><\/span>Akal Academy, Bhadaur &#8211; A Ray of Hope<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Akal Academy, Bhadaur,<\/strong> situated in the <strong>Barnala district of Punjab<\/strong> with a population of <strong>16,000,<\/strong> is a historic town that was home to the <strong>legendary Phoolkian dynasty.<\/strong> This rural school has elucidated that these rustic folks can also give neck-to-neck competition to the city scholars.<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Jaspreet Kaur scored 86%,<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Sandeep Kaur 85.4%,<\/strong> <strong>and<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>Arshdeep Kaur 84.6% in Science stream.<\/strong><br \/>\nThese students who worked with <strong>aplomb<\/strong> are great assets to the country.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Modern_Learning_in_Rural_Roots\"><\/span>Modern Learning in Rural Roots<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>Akal Academy, Bhadaur,<\/strong> run under the aegis of <strong>The Kalgidhar Trust, Baru Sahib,<\/strong> has all the modern facilities to provide support to the young generation.<br \/>\nIt has well-equipped <strong>e-classrooms, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Computer &amp; EVS Labs,<\/strong> along with a spacious Library (8,930 books, 21 magazines and 10 daily newspapers), <strong>Audio-Video Room, Sports Room, Activity Room, and Music Room<\/strong> with sophisticated equipment available for students.<br \/>\nThe Language Labs are well-equipped with <strong>cassettes, CDs, TVs, Computers, and headphones.<\/strong> The school also provides free boarding &amp; lodging facilities to staff.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Drops_That_Form_an_Ocean_of_Change\"><\/span>Drops That Form an Ocean of Change<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s said that a drop of water joins hands with another to form an ocean. Similarly, visions to bring change to people, who want to change, have the ability to make a pool of game changers.<br \/>\n<strong>Akal Academies<\/strong> work on the same tracks they act as change agents. The results shown by these students are the steps to change ahead.<br \/>\nAnd the resultant equality is the desired change.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Article by: Harshana Kathpalia, Hindu College, New Delhi, 10th July 2013<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lessons from the Sea Look at the sea, and you will see so many creatures. Some tiny, some large, but all sharing the same space, helping each other for fulfilling their needs. 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