There cannot be a duller title than this for a post!
Today is Children's Day. Once again all the newspapers have published the usual set of photographs. Once again the schools have taken the children through the same routine. Tomorrow, yet again, life will go back to 'normal'. The vision of the man behind all this? Oh, we will think about it, the same day, next year! After all we are so generous to dedicate one full day every year, right?
The only other leader in India who raised the level of importance for children is Dr. Abdul Kalam. While in office, he was very popular for meeting school children and interacting with them. He had a knack of eliciting their vision for the future. Igniting the young minds and setting them on wings of fire! Once, he got down from the podium and mingled right into a group of 1000 school children and personally answered their queries that were being thrown at him from every possible direction. That's some conviction and courage.
It was a surprise to learn that almost 37 countries celebrate children's day on various days of the year!
6 comments:
Love that header image Kumar. Good one on Children's Day.
yes indeed.. i totallu\y agree with your post... as for Shri.Sr. Abdul kalam... I have been trying his site http://www.abdulkalam.com .... i am not able to see due to server overlaod... try your luck.. may be we can also learn something
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you.And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts.For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,Which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you,
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,and He bends you with His might that His arrows might go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;For even as He loves the arrow that flies,so He loves also the bow that is stable.
- Kahlil Gibran
Happy children's day :)
Priya,
Thanks. Now I have learnt to such things with ease!
Last week I was not regular on the web...seems you have put in quite a few nice posts in your blog...got to catch up fast.
Hi Deepa,
How was your Deepavali?
I will also try for the links to our ex Pres.
Hi Sowmya,
How was your Deepavali?
Hope you had a great time.
That is a beauty from Gibran.
/You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you/
Probably this is the most widely committed mistake parents do...It calls for a real broad minded approach to let a child grow in his own space.
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