Education: A Trajectory Towards Illumination and Identity

Abstract

    Although sooner or later everyone apprehends the significance of education and  being educated. However, only some people understand how education upholds in shaping a strong character. Books make a way to meet such people who motivate us and exhibit  the importance of education by their own attainments.  In the same way,  I came across the two authors Om Prakash Valmiki and P. Sivakami. The duo has set examples of the power of education. Both the personalities began with a race against time and nailed it in the field of education. Valmiki’s autobiography ‘Joothan’ has been proved a milestone in Dalit Literature where he overtly keeps his heart out and poses the harsh questions in front of society. By setting an example, Om Prakash Valmiki convincingly recounts the profound importance of education. He successfully rolls out  a full canvass of different experiences which life unraveled before him. Among  dull and drab  colors of life  undoubtedly he leaves a beautiful color of education and an indelible mark on  readers’ psychology that despite an array of hardships in one’s life, one must make a sincere endeavor to attain education as education bestows power. P. Sivakami’s semi autobiographical  novel The Grip of Change, is a bildungsroman of Gowri’s social and educational journey. Through Gowri, P. Sivakami  embarked on the journey of receiving education and set an example that education is an asset , that you earn by your own efforts and none can snatch it from you. Through the novel we see the power of education and how an eleven year old girl developed into a confident and independent lady by sheer power of education. Both authors rouse a passion for education through their own accomplishments.