Originally posted by: Sujatha.rao
Nice post, Roza
But I don't get why we have to try so hard to justify or defend a child...I mean she is a child at the end of the day...a child whose circumstances we still have no clue of...we don't know where she was born, what circumstances she grew up in, why she is what she is...and yet we are sitting in moral judgment over her...over her lack of manners, lack of gratitude and what not...since when did we start being so harsh on children...
However, I am very happy for KPji...this was the purpose of the track...and he has succeeded hugely in achieving what he set out to,,,he wanted to dislodge people from their comfort zones,,,,
I do not find Khushi unusual or peculiar...and, if I may so, it does not have only to do with her background...I have a niece who is the same age as Khushi who speaks just as much...granted her language is more refined and of course she speaks in English...so she is applauded for her being so knowledgeable at such a young age...
What is so offensive about Khushi anyway...all that she says are things that she has clearly picked up from the adults around her..I work with a group of slum kids...we use theater as an intervention mechanism with them...the children range from the age group of 10 - 18. We divide them into groups and ask them to perform role plays on topics of their choice.
One group of ten year olds put up a role play on domestic abuse...the husband, wife and the children were all beating each other and abusing each other using the vilest of terms...
Another group enacted a scene from a local bar,,,,,how adults drink, abuse each other and then embarrass themselves...
Do we then decide these are not children? Should we shun them and say they don't belong to us...
I am sorry but this is just my point of view...not directed at anyone or to hurt anyone...I have remained silent for the most part...but your post gave me the opportunity to share a few thoughts...thank you, Roza!