@Bani:
Beautiful topic Bani. Its filled with indepth analysis of human behavior.
This is why I say to some of my friends, that Serials or movies are not always time killers ... sometimes they can be taken as a moving literature. Just as a book would never kill ones time ... a moving picture would not kill ones time either, if that person looks at it with a mature and indepth view.
Now coming to the topic ... one place I would like to add ... There are more claimants in Bidaai for the FIRST CATEGORY (extreme egocentric) that you have so wonderfully presented. While yes, a huge can fall for the MIDDLE part .... while we know, there is ONE TRUE DOVE who can lead the third category.
As for the children who are hanging with "I/main" till 7, I think it should not be taken for granted. My nephew (when 5) used to come forward and offer us his toys! ... When other children would come around him, I've seen him bring his toys for them. Whats even more beautiful is that when my sister asked him to give one of his toys to her KAAM WALI BAIs son (who was really crazy after one of my nephews favorite toy), he happily gave it to him ... and hugged his mother in joy~! ...
So?... What do we learn from this? (- NOT THAT KASHIF BOASTS ABOUT THIS NEPHEW AND NEICE 🤣) ... We learn that giving and sacrificing ... being humble and honest ... learning to feel the feelings of someone else .... IS NOT DEPENDENT UPON AGE ... its something that is born inside. This quality is there in every little heart ... we only need to water it and wash it ... encourage it ... so that it grows and resist the DUST AND MUD of the Material Kingdom.
Often parents have a role to play ... they can be examples in their home. They can teach their children the real meanings of joy ... A Father and a Mother should be loving and caring for EACH OTHER INSIDE THE RELATIONSHIP ... should support and encourage charity ... should not behave as though they are giving CHARITY, but behave as if they are just doing their duty towards their own kind - Human Kind. A duty which is each and every righteous persons moral responsibility.
However, note here, if one parent is SELFISH, SELF CENTERED, RESIST GOODNESS, SPREAD DOUBT, TRY TO SOW THE SEED OF HATRED, MIX POISON, etc etc ... then all the goodness of a kind Father (in our story's case) gets spoiled. Its just a part of life ... one rotten tomatoe, one point of rust ... its all that is required really ... to instill EGOCENTRISM in any of those levels into the heart of an innocent baby ... and this tree grows into a monster.
But ofcourse ... their are exceptional children ... but those are not many ... and in this time and age ... they face the world against them.
Now lets come to the humble ... I felt I should write why and how and etc ... but I feel just one name to be uttered ... SADHNA.
Yes, see her ... see why she is like this. Her load, her responsibilities ... her reasons and her mission. Her life and her background ... her duty and her debt... plus the blessing that she is ... plus the grace of God on a whole family - Sharmaji's prayers landed him with a TRUE ANGEL ... but this angel also had to fall in love. Thorns were her fate ... but when such a CHASTE FEET fell on thorns ... what else could thorns do but become ROSES ...
... Now I am lost in Sadhna ... I cant write more...
Thanks for such a topic... 👏
Edited by Ice-Thinker - 15 years ago