Slavery corrupts the mentality of the nation to such an extent that whatever was originally right has now been declared as wrong. Originality of imagination has died away to such an extent that eastern people have turned into blind imitators of the west. There is a numb culture growing up very rapidly. We are becoming stoically selfish. Engrossed in our own images, we are building up a context that is so overpowering with its cumbersome architecture of detachment and disregard. With an indignant amazement we watch people suffering and even being eliminated but we are not actually moved. With a disgraceful deception, we consume only information about everything horrendous happening to others and later subtly settle down in a non-sensitive world as sheer spectators with no genuine concern. Iqbal asserts that there is a dire need to reboot our behavioral configuration and explore the sensitivity chip afresh. For human beings sensitivity is deep embedded in their personality, it just needs to be re-discovered. Taking pains to remove the pains of others is the true essence of generosity. Righteousness is the ornament of knowledge. According to Iqbal, true education is an awakening of love of truth, social justice and opening eyes of the soul to greater purpose of life. Dr Iqbal impresses upon the younger generation to respect elders and take care of their parents in their old age.
Showkat Rashid Wani, 'Iqbal, education, and modernization', Greater Kashmir