Creating Students (Talaba Sazi)

Co-curricular activities hold deep interest for students, irrespective of whether we start listing their benefits. Here, the issue is less about benefit and more about "attraction" towards something. That is, one simply doesn't feel like studying! How much better it would be if a gathering of satire and humor is arranged, a musical evening is held, tunes create an uproar, and in the company of many friends, one becomes oblivious to the world and its affairs. This goes so far that even the incumbent duty (the acquisition of knowledge) is missed.

Isn't this the disposition of today's student? (This is my opinion)

Is today's student like this? (This is a general question)

The students' sense of humor, taste, and poetic inclination are so dominant that it is no longer possible to bury one's head in dry books or unravel philosophical complexities. Contemplation or solving an important problem is perhaps considered a "waste of time". The standard for achieving "benefit" instantly and quickly has become this: if your natural inclination accepts something, it is "fine"; and if it doesn't, one raises the cry of protest, "Man! I don't feel like it," and distances themselves.

In an era where everything is a click away, if our student becomes "lazy," refuses to accept any action against their nature, and considers extensive contemplation a mental burden, will an environment of competition be established, or will a competitive spirit be cultivated? The lethargy of the new generation and their distance from education (especially science and technology) is a flaw in our society over which we all should "mourn".

Hasn't a time arrived today when we (Muslims) are struggling for our very survival? Our existence, including our ideas, is being snatched away from us. Even when we think, we think from the perspective of global arrogance (Istikbariyyat); when we speak, we speak the language of those who are a hundred times ahead of us in knowledge, technology, and the depths of science. Now tell me, when thought is dead, ideology is mortgaged, and the trend of distancing oneself from knowledge is common, then thought will also be hijacked, the ideology will also be buried, and respect will also be lost. All that will remain is an empty puppet that anyone can beat like a temple bell or a drum—what difference does it make?

Perhaps the condition of us Muslims today has become like this: the forces holding global dominance are constantly playing us, and we do not budge.

To become a self-respecting nation and an attractive Ummah, a "good" student must be produced, and that student must be a genuine seeker of knowledge, not an admirer of amusement and fun.

Dr. Riaz | Dated October 28, 2025 | Skardu