15 August 2014 - QA 10

For any issue in this country people are not taking a hard stance. People are not listening to others views. We see a society which is fragmented. Please guide on how we can move forward united.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:

There is only one way, and that is to improve communication between people. We teach people all other things but we don’t teach them how to communicate. We don't teach communication even in schools or colleges. Nowhere do we learn communication skills when it is absolutely essential.
In Kannada literature it is said that your words can bring you wealth, your words can bring laughter and humor, and your words can bring you problems as well. So we need to educate our kids how to communicate.

There is a lot to be done in the education sector. We need to turn it around. Education has become just stuffing of some information into the young minds. The current education system does not develop the personality of the kids per say and this is what we need to do now. We need to develop the personalities of the young people because information is easily available now.