CHILDHOOD

Anytime you hear this beautiful word, so many beautiful thoughts start pouring.Childhood, as most of the people agree, is such a lovely period of life. All the small things like reaching school on time, fighting with friends and playing with the same friends next day, getting punished for trivial things like not polishing school shoes, waiting for winter and summer breaks, getting scared during exams, playing in hot sun without worrying about getting tanned, eating whatever you want from roadside without thinking about hygiene, used to matter so much. It was more of a life driven by passion and emotions, rather than concerns and logics. But then there is always other side of the coin. Yesterday only I visited a bank. Suddenly a young kid of age, say 7-8 years, came begging. I was wondering what must be her thoughts about childhood. The age, when she deserves to play, get pampered, at that age she is concerned about getting her daily bread. The age when she should be cared, she is wondering as if no one is there for her.How true it is, every definition in this world tends to be relative…Nothing is absolute…