A case of misplaced priorities

When the focus should really be on this, the focus seems to be on this. I really don't care whether Shabana has had Islamic education. While her freedom of speech allows her to have an opinion & express it, and whoever has taken umbrage at her statement is well within their rights to criticize her opinion, I feel sad that things which are far more important such as children's education and how the nation is faring in it are seen as much less important.

It is not really just the media's fault; for they devote more time & energy to report what they think people find interesting. Why can't there be protests, even bandhs, against the government's inability to do better on education?

If the BJP really wants to be a credible, righteous opposition, why isn't there a 'shiksha-yatra' ? Hell, transient benefits such as keeping kerosene prices down seem to attract so much more of the government & opposition's attention than working on issues that really matter in the long-term - such as education, public health & population control. Of course, with governments of the day focusing so much on 'providing stable governance' and opposition focusing on making quick gains by protesting against more visible issues such as inflation, corruption etc. (which really aren't as important problems as lack of overall development) you can't expect too much. But why are the people not complaining?