I interact with students from LKG to 9th std. trying to teach them dramatics. In class 4 as I entered one of the girls was sobbing uncontrollably, and her classmates were consoling her. I asked for the reason.She had scored zero in Hindi and was very sad. Her classmates were saying don't worry next time you will get good marks. It was incredible and amazing sight. On an other day the situation was similar but the girl had broken her scale which was given to her by her private tutor. This time her classmates were offering her money. " I will give you ten rupees", "I will give you my scale". It was touching. It is a natural trait to be compassionate. However as we grow why do we become so violent and unconcerned about others. The answer to this is yet to be found out,I think. Here I am narrating one more incident. I was sitting in a service centre where they service cameras and computers. One customer brought his laptop which he had purchased just a week ago. It was broken down very badly. Reason he had a tiff with his engineering classmates in a prestigious college in the city. They took revenge and just showed it on the laptop. The lap top cost some 35 K and to fix that would cost 20 K. I just sat there wondering, are these the children who were compassionate when young and turned into monsters when grown. Do we have a solution?
Well begun is half done. You have posed an interesting question. I want to know your view
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