Truths we hide from children
My elder daughter, running 9, often bothers me by asking some bitter questions and I, with much patience, try to keep mum. The scenes of vandalism, felonies, running-battle, atrocities, torching vehicles, gun-brandishing and hacking innocents with machetes on TV reports often make her ask if this is happening in her darling country. I, with great efforts, try to bypass her questions somehow or other. I just feel jogged inside but I do not dare telling her the truth that the people about whom she asks questions are none other than those so-called political jugglers whose objectives are to realise money (even in exchange for the country) and gull the gullible countrymen. I do not tell my daughter the truth, not because I am a timid person, but because she is growing up with her feelings, dreams and hopes that will turn into patriotism. I do not want to hurt her feelings. I want her to be a genuine patriot.
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