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
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