Have you felt these with a sibling? ( post 7 : 7 days challenge )

Below age 10:

Why I had this brother? He is sharing everything what I eat.
He is my mother's son and I am my father's daughter.
Because of this guy, my parents do not give importance to my thoughts.
Why he born before me? Because of this guy I get all old books and toys which he used.

Age 10- 15:

I have an elder brother and he is part of my family.
It feels good to share things with him.
I want to be friends with him but he doesn't understand that.
Why the hell he interfere in my activities?

Age 15-20:

I miss my brother ( I was in hostel )
I like my brother's character so much
He might have girl friends?
Is he a body guard to me?

Age 20-25:

I want to be with my brother in all the festivals. It should be like our childhood.
I want to share things with him.
My brother is my first best friend.
I love him so much and miss him a lot.
He is there for me always in my life.

I am from a remote village in India, and I did feel these with my sibling at different stages.
What did you feel with yours?

I have achieved my challenge. And I did yoga too for these seven days. Feeling so happy.

Have happy weekend.


Love,
Vaanadhi

A Child's Interest ( Post 6: 7 Days Challenge )

Yesterday I was teaching Social Science to my cousin.
The topic was, Tamil classification of Landscapes.
I explained him Tamil literature has classified the landscapes into five categories.
(Click here if you are interested to know about that)
And I did explain about each one of them.
I told him if other landscapes have gone dry, then it is transformed into "Palai"
"There will be vultures in Palai", I told.
"Why do vultures exist in dry land", He asked.
"Because there  will be so many dead animals and birds, Vulture can eat them" - My unsure answer.
"If all the animals and birds die due to dryness, how do vultures exist?" - He
"They might have traveled from some other landscape"- Me
"Why can't some other animals travel to palai landscape other than vultures"- He
" They can't live as there will not be any water and food " - Me
" How long a vulture can survive without water? " - I was checking in web for this.
Then he lost interest, and he started asking about some other topic.
I wondered about the child's ability of thinking.
Actually, I wanted him to memorize the fact that vultures exist in palai, as it will appear for his test.
But he had lots of things in mind about palai and vulture.
A child's mind is always open for thinking and observing. Their interests will differ from elders.
Want to be a child once again, to exclaim with even smallest thing in the world.

Love,
Vaanadhi

Unshared Love ( Post 5: 7 Days Challenge )

The most worst regret in anyone's life will be the one, which we feel after a person's death.
Because we cannot go back and solve it at any cost ( may be if we die too ).
I have felt so many times that, I should have been more close to this person, I should have done this thing to her, I could have taken him to this place, like this.
There are so many "Never-done-but-wanted-to-do" things in my life.
One day I thought about this.
What is the point of regretting after a person's death.
I stopped regretting ( Sometimes I used to share with Dinesh if I feel too down )
But what can be done after stopping?
Only one thing came to my mind.
"At least from now, I should not miss anything which may give chance for future contrite"
I started doing that. I started sharing my love.

Better to express your feelings,at least good feelings, then and there.

Plan an unexpected trip.
Surprise your loved ones with which they might not expect, and will make them happy.
Always share your love.
Help your partner.
Listen to your kids.
Watch that good movie which you are longing.
Join a hobby class which you would enjoy the most.
Take your parents to some small trip where they will enjoy.
Call your busy friend to ask his\her whereabouts.

There are nothing static in this world.
Envy, Angry and things like these will not take us anywhere but leaving the feeling of regret.
We do not know what will happen tomorrow.
Enjoy today!!!

Have a Happy Life...

Love,
Vaanadhi

Meaning of Examination ( Post 4: 7 Days Challenge )

Yesterday I read the below description of Winston Churchill about his experience with examinations.
" These examinations were a great trial to me.The subject which were dearest to the examiners were almost invariably those I fancied least... I should have liked to be asked to say what I knew. They always try to ask what I did not know. When I would have willingly displayed my knowledge, they sought to expose my ignorance. This sort of treatment had only one result: I did not do well in examinatons..."

I agree with this, at least for childhood.
There should not be any testing done for the children to know what they do not know.

What do you think about it?


Love,
Vaanadhi

The importance of mother tongue in education ( Post 3: 7 Days Challenge )

Recently, I happened to meet a young boy who is in his third grade.
His parents complained that he is not at all studying and getting very less marks, some times no marks.
I asked him what difficulty he faces in studying.
And what he told, made me to think on this subject and to write this post.
He told " My teacher will say the question, I will try to translate the question in Tamil and understand, before I write the answer everyone will write, then teacher moves on to next question. And they will always say I have not studied, Hence I couldn't write the answer"
( P.S: His parents don't know English, He doesn't talk English anywhere apart from study )
And then I understood his problem.
His marks in Tamil were really good.
I translated all the science questions to him in Tamil, and asked him to answer.
He almost answered immediately for 90% of questions.
I asked the same thing in English, He couldn't do immediately.
Then I told his parents that studying is not his problem, language is the problem.
If they could not able to make him understand the English language, I asked them to put him in Tamil medium schools.
They said, we have not studied, at least we want to make him study in English.
I got shocked. What is the purpose of education?
Children have to learn something and to use in their life.
It is good to learn English language, but not to waste his learning interest of other subjects in the name of English.
Even the famous educator Dr. Maria Montessori suggested that education should be in the language which the child understands completely.
I do agree with that.
English can be learnt, if they study it as one language.
But subjects should be understood and learnt at young age, so that it will develop the thinking capacity of children.
Parents should try to understand the real problem of their kids in studying, rather than scolding them for less marks.
Please do think on this.


Vaanadhi

Why do I love early morning so much? ( Post 2: 7 Days Challenge )

I like to get up early in the morning so much in every possible day.

You know why?

  I love to go out to see the street empty.

  I love to breathe in the fresh air.

  I love to see new buds and flowers in the plants.

  I love to hear birds' chirping in the morning.

  I love to exercise in the morning which gives me energy for the whole day.

  I love to have my cup of coffee early in the morning.

  I can plan my day effectively.

Do you love early morning too?

What is your take on creativity? ( Post 1: 7 Days Challenge )

There is a reason to start this post.
I became lazy now a days.
I love to exercise and love to write also.
I am trying to associate both of them and do a self challenge only for 7 days.
Here it goes.
From today, for upcoming 7 days, I need to do yoga daily and write a post on this blog.
Thats it. Here comes my first post on this challenge.

Two days back I watched one of my favorite Hindi movies 'Wake up Sid' ( I have watched it for more than 10 times )
In that Ayisha says " I like old Hindi movie songs. Because it is easy to understand and sing along"
Even my thing on music is the same.
I need to understand and sing along, then only I like the song.
Simply I can't listen to some music or pop songs without understanding. I can't act.
One of my friends says, you can't be a creative person if you don't like music by the rhythm. And music has no language.
I do agree with the fact that music has no language.
But creativity doesn't have any relationship with it.
It is not like you have to draw something, which no one should be able to understand, or you have to rock in dancing.
For me, creativity is, which I try something newly and which makes me happy and content.
It can be anything, it may be writing something, dancing, exercise or any other thing, but new to me.
So, What is your take on creativity? or on music?


Happy Sunday :-)


With Love,

Vaanadhi