As the cries of pain woke me up.....
Before I continue the above sentence, I would like to tell you an incident from my life.
When I was a little boy, one day, I witnessed killing of a hen. I cried, shouted, protested against it. Mom tried controlling me but in vain.
"This is the chicken curry that you so fondly eat!" she told. I received a shock and stopped crying for a moment. "But, don't kill it, ", I continued protesting.
"If anything is suffering and you cry for it, God will punish you!", she told.
This time I stopped crying. The fear of getting punished made me stop.
But what followed was the greatest shock in my life. The following day, I was served super tasty chicken in lunch. Even now, I clearly remember that day. With every bite of food, I was controlling tears, I was thinking, "Is this a hen I am eating?" "What should I do now?". I was so young, that I don't know there can be any other alternative.
Perhaps that's the day when the seed is sown which turned me into vegetarian as I grew up. Why am telling this story, because I thought every child is sensitive as I was!
Now let's go back to the starting line.
Last week one fine day at 8:00 am.
Cries of pain from a puppy (stray) woke me up. It is common that you witness stray dogs fighting, so i ignored it first but as the cry continued I went onto road to check it.
I saw a house keeper(a 12- 13 year old) carrying her owner's kid, along with breakfast on a plate. She is kicking the puppy with her leg, ignoring it's cries and following it wherever it ran.
I immediately recollected that many young kids on the street are hurting these puppies, throwing rocks and sand. But the house keeper doing it -it kind of surprised me and as usual angry too.
The puppy so small, may be few weeks old and so cute!
I went to the housekeeper and shouted, "What the hell are you doing?"
She got scared, and replied me "This kid said, he will eat one bite of breakfast , for one kick given to the puppy."
I looked at the kid, hardly 4-5 years and I don't know what to say.
I used to challenge people that children are like angels with fiery hearts and that grownups need to learn from them!
Here I see a child who is enjoying, demanding cruelty on a innocent puppy.
As i sacred both of them, i went to the puppy and I saw it, not a scratch or wound but a hole in its stomach and blood pouring down. Another person and I did some first aid, but the puppy was unable to withstand it, it soon ran away searching for it's mother. And with such a wound, i doubt it's survival and even it survives I don't think it gets out of it's impact. Entire day, I was disturbed and was unable to get out of it.
What made a kid, so young, enjoy cries and pain of some other innocent creature? Whom to blame?
May be all the violence they witness in movies
or
video games where successfully killing an animal makes u win it
or
bloody images they witness in their day to day life
or
something else!!
What can the solution be?
Right education?
or
Can parents do something?
or
Do they need to go through life and learn themselves?
and may be, it's time we realize this and take the necessary steps, because....
Every child with right guidance and nurturing is destined to greatness!
Before I continue the above sentence, I would like to tell you an incident from my life.
When I was a little boy, one day, I witnessed killing of a hen. I cried, shouted, protested against it. Mom tried controlling me but in vain.
"This is the chicken curry that you so fondly eat!" she told. I received a shock and stopped crying for a moment. "But, don't kill it, ", I continued protesting.
"If anything is suffering and you cry for it, God will punish you!", she told.
This time I stopped crying. The fear of getting punished made me stop.
But what followed was the greatest shock in my life. The following day, I was served super tasty chicken in lunch. Even now, I clearly remember that day. With every bite of food, I was controlling tears, I was thinking, "Is this a hen I am eating?" "What should I do now?". I was so young, that I don't know there can be any other alternative.
Perhaps that's the day when the seed is sown which turned me into vegetarian as I grew up. Why am telling this story, because I thought every child is sensitive as I was!
Now let's go back to the starting line.
Last week one fine day at 8:00 am.
Cries of pain from a puppy (stray) woke me up. It is common that you witness stray dogs fighting, so i ignored it first but as the cry continued I went onto road to check it.
I saw a house keeper(a 12- 13 year old) carrying her owner's kid, along with breakfast on a plate. She is kicking the puppy with her leg, ignoring it's cries and following it wherever it ran.
I immediately recollected that many young kids on the street are hurting these puppies, throwing rocks and sand. But the house keeper doing it -it kind of surprised me and as usual angry too.
The puppy so small, may be few weeks old and so cute!
I went to the housekeeper and shouted, "What the hell are you doing?"
She got scared, and replied me "This kid said, he will eat one bite of breakfast , for one kick given to the puppy."
I looked at the kid, hardly 4-5 years and I don't know what to say.
I used to challenge people that children are like angels with fiery hearts and that grownups need to learn from them!
Here I see a child who is enjoying, demanding cruelty on a innocent puppy.
As i sacred both of them, i went to the puppy and I saw it, not a scratch or wound but a hole in its stomach and blood pouring down. Another person and I did some first aid, but the puppy was unable to withstand it, it soon ran away searching for it's mother. And with such a wound, i doubt it's survival and even it survives I don't think it gets out of it's impact. Entire day, I was disturbed and was unable to get out of it.
What made a kid, so young, enjoy cries and pain of some other innocent creature? Whom to blame?
May be all the violence they witness in movies
or
video games where successfully killing an animal makes u win it
or
bloody images they witness in their day to day life
or
something else!!
What can the solution be?
Right education?
or
Can parents do something?
or
Do they need to go through life and learn themselves?
and may be, it's time we realize this and take the necessary steps, because....
Every child with right guidance and nurturing is destined to greatness!
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