SOCIAL THOUGHTS
***Written By Mohendra Nath Dutta (Younger Brother Of Swami Vivekananda)
Temple & University
2. Universities are for the benefit of the nation and not for thwarting its progress. Besides ordinary universities, there should be universities for research.
3. Expenses of education and researches should be met from the courtfees and revenue stamps, excise duties on alcohols, denatured spirits, tobacco, opium etc., and taxes on temples and religious endowments.
4. Eighty-five per cent of the temple incomes should be taken away by taxation. Small temples may get Rs. 50/- to Rs. 300/- per month for their expenses. The big temples should get for their maintenance Rs. 5000/- per annum. Maximum number of temple attendants should be six.
5. Temple wealths should be utilized for education and research works. Temple is a religious shop. It may be called a sort of zemindary; it is a catering house where cooked food is served for money. Temple is also an octroi office. It is a private loan office. Although it cannot be called a hotel or club, it is often used as a sort of pension club, and, in many cases, it is found to be a gambling den.
6. The old idea of priestly benefit should not be tolerated. To regulate temples and religious endowments, there should be (1) Board of Control (2) Board of Auditors (3) Board of Taxation (4) Board of Utility. Half the number of members in these Boards should be women as the women do contribute a greater sum for the upkeep of temples.
7. Another point that may be suggested here is that a Research university is to be established for women. For their diligence and perseverance the girl students are sure to turn out to be very successful research scholars. Their admission should be made easy. The girl students should be admitted to research work on passing the elementary examination on the special subject of their research. Instead of charging any fees, small remunerations from the general fund should be paid to these students so that they might meet part of their expenses.
8. Even small temples should be used as research laboratories for women. The excess rooms and apartments, other than those actually used for the deities, should be utilised as research laboratories and educational institutions.
9. In North Calcutta some of the houses of the Tagore family, Bethune College, School buildings near the Hedua Park (Azad Hind Bag) and similar other buildings may be requisitioned for setting up women's research laboratories.
10. Temple in the one end and universities in the other
end, all these institutions must be remodelled and changed to
suit the present need of the nation.
11. The aim of education is for the benefit of the nation and not the examination on foreign ideas and foreign books.
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