Humanities

Humanities

Someone recently questioned me about the reason why I chose Humanities rather than choosing Science or Commerce. Well, I sometimes wonder the reason why people questioned me so much about this when they gained knowledge about my really good scores in boards. Later I came to know that the way people look at Humanities is entirely different from the way I do. This is 21st century. Yet, most of the educated people have misconceptions regarding the streams of study, let alone be the uneducated class. People give stress to science at the first place, and if a child scores average, he or she is put into commerce and the rest into Humanities. This trend is continuing till today and the only reason behind is the lack of knowledge in parents as well as students. Somewhere, parents don't know the importance of humanities in a society. So even if a child desires to learn humanities, the parents usually discourage. And at other times, children don't understand the value of humanities even if their parents do. Now let me ask you a simple question. Who has written the science book you are reading today? Obviously an author. Now is he a scientist? Probably not. And in which language is the book penned? Your answer will be English/Odia/Hindi/Bengali/Urdu etc. So what is the origin of these languages? Of course, Humanities! No doubt today language is made a part of each stream of study but the origin lies in Humanities. And if there would be no humanities, no language, no writing skills, how would you find even a book of science or even commerce? There is a subject called economics which is a part of Humanities. If someone under estimates humanities, it indirectly means the man has no idea about our economy or even money. Specializations like History, Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology, Economics and many more play an important role in learning about our society. Moreover, the common language of the world, English has its roots in Humanities. Without it, may be I wouldn't have been typing this now. The specializations in Humanities are more in number than in Science or Commerce. As Botany is the study of plants and Chemistry of chemicals, Sociology deals with society and Political Science with government. Now those people who always tend to criticize government, if had a degree certificate in political science could have reached the parliament today. Starting from the Prime Minister till your Social Science/Literature teacher are the seeds of Humanities. Hence, the aim of writing this blog is to make the readers realize that only Science is not everything needed for the society. Sometimes, a little humanity is what you need to be remembered in your society. 

No stream is less important. If there is science, definitely there is a history of it. If there is commerce, economics is surrounded. And if you need a good democracy in India, you need to dig into Political Science. Therefore, every stream is equally important for our country to march forward...

©Anindita Janhabee Swaro