At times, Echoes ji made statements that could easily be [mis]interpretated to mean education first, freedom second. I think that's what led this discussion to go on the way it went. However, the following line, where Echoes ji has clearly emphasized independent importance of education, essentially should put an end to that kind of mis-iterpretation. "So my point again is, sure freedom is great we should strive for it, but education should independently get its own priority, and we shouldn't be making it contingent upon a particular system of governance." - http://www.sajha.com/sajha/html/openthread.cfm?forum=2&ThreadID=26003&show=all#192520 कि कुरो अझै धरमर धरमर छ ?