Walking down the memory lanes I came across a thought in
mind what would I have been if there was no man at every crossing my mind came
across. Would I be a free thinker fearless guy or a sincere child following
every order or would I be a spoilt brat. Perhaps every crossing was not manned
which made me a mix of three guys I talked about, which makes me as most of the
children in this country are. While doing a railway crossing survey I found this
analogy with the life of most of the Indian children. Let’s walk through the
life of three guys Abhay, Vinu and Pratap
who are at their twenties.
Abhay being the son of a Principal was always treated as
student at his home. He was not allowed to sleep late, come home late in the evening,
and party with friends. He was always told to study and visit temples, which he
never wanted to do. He was the one who was made to think in a way as his
parents wanted thus manned at every crossing his mind came across. As a result
when he was out for higher studies he lost in this world and became a spoilt
brat.
Vinu was allowed to do whatever he wants with lessons of
good and bad. He learnt family values, traditions and prejudices while growing and
became a sincere child. He always scored good grades and always saw everything
through the prism of tradition and values thus started getting partially
confined. He was always in a dilemma whether to enjoy the world or remain
sincere. As a result he became a child who was not completely manned at every
crossing his mind came across. So when he was out he became a mix of brat and a
sincere child.
Pratap’s family did not worry too much about his studies and
left him to grow as he wished to grow. He got the financial support from
family. He was allowed work out, study, party as his choice. He learnt about
the realities of the world himself. He became average in studies and but the
master of getting the work done on his own. Since he got the freedom he tried
everything and decided what is good and bad for him. His crossing was never
manned.
Let’s find out what they are doing now Abhay is lost in the
world and could not achieves anything, Vinu landed a job making enough money
but not happy with his work. Vinu fear to take the risk and follow a defined
path and his thoughts are confined. Pratap just started ripening the fruits of
his upbringing and enjoying his work. He became a free thinker fearless guy. Every
day he does new things and is always open to anything. Most of us become Vinu
and there are very few Pratap.
Manned crossing are required to protect people from
accidents not to shape their path. Similarly a child should be protected not
censured. A mind should be allowed to
tracks its own path and learn the art of living. Too much protection makes a mind weak and
vulnerable. Let a mind to get his/her hand dirty on the field. All the famous
people shaped their life as they wished and never allowed anybody to censure
every crossing they came across. To censure everything a mind wants and limits
his flight is worst then killing.
