Eassy on if i could meet the Prime Minister
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recently met up with some old school friends and our post-dinner conversation brought back many high school memories. One particular memory stood out. The year was 1986 and we were in Class 10. Our class teacher who knew how to bring her subject to life asked us to write an essay titled, "If I Were Prime Minister."
The topic caught our imagination like nothing had in a while and gave us our moment to play PM. We wrote our essays and then read them out to the rest of the class. Much discussion and lively debate followed our presentations and to this day, I clearly remember how, for a few days that week, a class of high school students actually managed to look beyond our immediate adolescent concerns and became part of the larger Indian polity. Rajiv Gandhi was the Prime Minister of India at the time and our own short-lived prime ministerial ambitions ranged from turning the Non-Aligned movement into a NATO-like alliance to bringing Coca Cola back into India. It was a lot of fun! But it also gave us the opportunity to think seriously about the country.
The topic caught our imagination like nothing had in a while and gave us our moment to play PM. We wrote our essays and then read them out to the rest of the class. Much discussion and lively debate followed our presentations and to this day, I clearly remember how, for a few days that week, a class of high school students actually managed to look beyond our immediate adolescent concerns and became part of the larger Indian polity. Rajiv Gandhi was the Prime Minister of India at the time and our own short-lived prime ministerial ambitions ranged from turning the Non-Aligned movement into a NATO-like alliance to bringing Coca Cola back into India. It was a lot of fun! But it also gave us the opportunity to think seriously about the country.
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