What you want to become?

‘What do you want to become when you grow up?’ a grandpa asked his grandson.

‘An auto driver’ Mike said with pride. The next minute Maria rushed to bang the 5 year old on his back.

‘How many times do you want me to repeat it? You should say that you want to become an IAS officer when you grow up. Being auto driver is not prestigious. Only poor people do that.’ She warned him and vanished into the kitchen as the cooker kept whistling.

Endangered Species

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I sat down to relax after a week’s stay in the hospital. I could hear Aditi learning for an entrance examination that was supposed to be held the next morning. She said " A for Air conditioner, B for bugs, C for Car, D for DVD” Yes, she was just 3 years old and had an entrance exam even to join LKG. That reminded me of my KGs. My times were totally different.

I told Aditi ”Baby! You know, we used to say this in a different way- A for apple, B for Banana, C for Cat, D for Dog" and I laughed. She immediately asked me a question that made me flick through all the calenders I had crossed. She asked me " Dog? Cat? You mean the animals mom showed me in the zoo last week? By the way, what is a Banana?"

SHUT UP

The Delhi gang rape is all over the internet now. I feel sorry for the sister who was brutally raped and killed by I-don’t-call-them-men or I-can’t-call-them-human. This story was drilling my head every second from when I started hearing about it. ‘RAPE’, the word is itself so scary and painful one for every woman, every father, every brother, every husband and every true man. Every time a rape case is showcased by the media the public's  blood boils; people talk angrily about it, blog about it, think about it, cry for it, extra-protect the females of their family. All this happens for a week or maximum two. What happens after that? We eventually forget it and get convinced that such cruelty isn't happening anymore till something similar is showcased by media again. This is just one case which hit the screens by randomness. There are many such sisters who were equally pained by such cruelty or even more and their stories still in the dark; No lights, no camera, no action.