Just an observation . I often pass by the new army hospital being built near the Golidar maidan . The project has dragged on for years and is far from complete. It is a massive project and will definitely be one of the largest in India I presume .
However here is what I notice . Massive project and hardly anyone working on it . For a building of this magnitude I would expect that there would actually be hundreds if not thousands of workers . This morning I saw around 5 men sauntering about nonchalently .
If you remember , when Mr Roberts put up the new hall on St Margarets ground , coupled with the innumerable classrooms , the project was actually completed on a war footing . Hundreds of boys spent hundreds of hours doing all sorts of work . It was socially Useful and productive !
First it was pulling down the old building and disposing of the debris in neat piles.
Later it was carrying bricks , sand etc all over the construction site . Rather than a 35 minute PE period , there was SUPW for about 20 minutes followed by 15 minutes of football or whatever . Now whether you were rich or not so rich , fat, thin, tall short ,boarder or day scholar and irrespective of what your dad was , you jolly well helped the labourers . Almost all boys did this willingly . Hands and knees got cut and scraped and boys went home with dirty trousers and shirts ( white uniform is not ideal for such work ) but no one complained .
It was hard work mind you, often in the burning sun and those were the days when parents were happy that their sons were being educated and not only in the classroom .
Carrying bricks and sand bags was the great equalizer . Mr Roberts stood glaring and encouraging and shouting and coaxing and work was tiring and fun at the same time . I guess there were the proverbial dodgers but in a boy's school that is expected .
Why cant the army follow suit and do something like that . You have hundreds of battalions and regiments all over the country .
Get them in batches to Pune and let them help out . Can you imagine thousands of soldiers working - the job of building the hospital will be so much quicker , easier and cheaper .
There is no war on thankfully so rather than getting them to keep fit by doing PE near the barracks or wartering plants etc , let them build !!
I guess one needed someone like Mr Roberts as the General !
Gentleman and ladies - this is just off the cuff - PLEASE dont lecture me if you disagree !
However here is what I notice . Massive project and hardly anyone working on it . For a building of this magnitude I would expect that there would actually be hundreds if not thousands of workers . This morning I saw around 5 men sauntering about nonchalently .
If you remember , when Mr Roberts put up the new hall on St Margarets ground , coupled with the innumerable classrooms , the project was actually completed on a war footing . Hundreds of boys spent hundreds of hours doing all sorts of work . It was socially Useful and productive !
First it was pulling down the old building and disposing of the debris in neat piles.
Later it was carrying bricks , sand etc all over the construction site . Rather than a 35 minute PE period , there was SUPW for about 20 minutes followed by 15 minutes of football or whatever . Now whether you were rich or not so rich , fat, thin, tall short ,boarder or day scholar and irrespective of what your dad was , you jolly well helped the labourers . Almost all boys did this willingly . Hands and knees got cut and scraped and boys went home with dirty trousers and shirts ( white uniform is not ideal for such work ) but no one complained .
It was hard work mind you, often in the burning sun and those were the days when parents were happy that their sons were being educated and not only in the classroom .
Carrying bricks and sand bags was the great equalizer . Mr Roberts stood glaring and encouraging and shouting and coaxing and work was tiring and fun at the same time . I guess there were the proverbial dodgers but in a boy's school that is expected .
Why cant the army follow suit and do something like that . You have hundreds of battalions and regiments all over the country .
Get them in batches to Pune and let them help out . Can you imagine thousands of soldiers working - the job of building the hospital will be so much quicker , easier and cheaper .
There is no war on thankfully so rather than getting them to keep fit by doing PE near the barracks or wartering plants etc , let them build !!
I guess one needed someone like Mr Roberts as the General !
Gentleman and ladies - this is just off the cuff - PLEASE dont lecture me if you disagree !
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