Innocence vs Ignorance

"Innocence is bliss, Ignorance is curse. A very thin line divides the two"

I always had feeling that India is in this state because of Innocence or Ignorance?? of people. Especially now being in Bengal I have experienced it even more. This fact inspired this writing.

Innocence and Ignorance go very close to each other. People whom we think innocent often turn out to be ignorant. Lack of right education can make innocent people ignorant very easily and is largely the case in India.

Uneducated or the so called literate class who know only to write their names are basically very innocent people. They know basically nothing. Their exposure to the world, also is very less. The people around, use their innocence to their advantage (basically babas n politicians). They make them believe that they are correct and make people follow them. This is where ignorance creeps in. Especially if one shows some magical tricks(esp. babas) people start following them. They become ignorant. This has been largely the problem almost every where and almost at all times of history. Innocent people's innocence is used for ones advantage. It took Europe more than 10 centuries to come out of such a phase. Now India is going deeper into such a phase where innocent people are being showed the way of ignorance.

The basic reason for this I feel is that the emphasis on education from govt. is less. The emphasis on knowledge has gone down over time. Diluted education can only lead to chaos. The country is surely heading towards one. India could have been super power now but of education system.

In all I would say that innocence and ignorance have a very thin line dividing the two. Innocence can easily become ignorance if not showm proper way. Right education is the only way to ensure that.