Sep 30th, 2010, 2 PM : "They will tell us to build a temple!" said my six year old son !!!....Here goes the entire conversation..."I want to watch Cartoonnetwork", says my son. "No, son, I want to watch the news. It's important". "Why? What's going to come?", asks my son wondering what could be more important than his toon brigade. I tell him there's a fight about Ayodhya. He asks what's Ayodhya.... I tell him that's where Lord Ram was born.... so the fight is for building a temple. Then, he relates as he knows Lord Ram is God and temples are good things, and goes, "They will tell us to build a temple".... it was so simple for him! But, why did he say that? Because I conveniently chose to ignore telling him the complete story.... Did I do that on purpose? Did I want to hear what he said? Did I find the issue to complex to explain ? Did I not want to get into a discomfort zone? Or did I just feel ashamed to tell him what's been going on?I don't have the answers.... and maybe not enough courage to find out.
But, one thing is for sure. Aren't we all like six year olds with the media, the culture keepers, the scions of our religions, the brainwashing historians ..... we many a time don't know the complete picture, or worse still, don't want to know..... and draw our conclusions and form our opinions ......A must-introspect aspect......And now, as my son grundgingly settles for his iPod as a substitute, let me switch on the TV.....
