A troubled mind...

So the kids were asked to come in sandals since they would be visiting places of worship.

So the boy was sure he wanted to go, and he went, happy that it was going to be a kind of a picnic...The earlier time they had been to pizza hut where they saw the pizzas being made, and before that they had gone to a theatre to see a play...

It so turns out they visited a church, a buddhist temple, a hindu temple and a mosque. It was an out of school routine and that accounted for most of the excitement...

The evening and many evenings later, we all heard a few observations...

Amma do you know that the holy book of india is called the quran!!!!

Amma, you know the lady in the church told us that jesus, they pinned him on a cross with nails...he died and two days later he became a god?!!!

Amma, the holy book of the church is Buddha...

Amma, why do we pray to so many gods..?

undoubtedly a young mind not very prepared ...it has been gnawing in his mind especially the church and what they said. I've not really enlightened him about various religions. I've tried more to lay emphasis on morals, values and good simple sharing...perhaps some children are ready for this..perhaps junior is a lone case, perhaps...


The final statement, a whole week later...

You know, they said Jesus loved everybody.......and yet he died...

A sad statement...

No, I've not heard the end of this...


And I think the school is going to hear from me on this one...

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Update: this post has nothing to do with any religion. I just wonder when is the right age for something. The elder boy did not react this way, perhaps because he was exposed to it much later. I studied in a convent school and i loved the chapel for its peace and serenity. Even temples have disturbing displays, (narasimha tearing the asura's stomach, goddesses holding a cut off head). Now my mind is troubled more...

I'm Hanuman!!!

My cub getting ready for his second stage appearance...It's always a proud moment to see your kids on stage...This particular one was close to my heart 'cos it was based on Hanuman and his friends...a topic the kiddos totally related to!!!Thanks to the movies, the Gods have become more 'cool', though you hear them saying the Monkey-god, or the Elephant God!!!

Speaking of Gods, cub senior had this to say (when he was three)

We were going through an Amar Chitra Katha comic on Lord Rama.Fist comment: Chee, shame, shame, he has hardly any clothes on!!!"

Next comment: "He's going to feel cold."

On being reminded that he was in exile hence the clothes, S1 replies: "But isn't he a God, he could have got some clothes for himself!!"

it's a good thing his granma is not reading this!!