Beautiful Eyes.......


Dressed in pattu paavadai, colorful bangles, bejeweled sandals complete with anklets, hair neatly oiled, plaited and decked up with flowers– she could recite slokas with correct intonation. The daughter of the  temple priest in the society– she was indeed the ‘ideal’ kid that every parent living  in the apartment wanted their daughters to emulate!


But her eyes spoke another language – a shadow of grief  always engulfed them.  For they have seen the lure of  running amok in tattered jeans with hair flying all over, in bickering with friends, of burgers and pizzas....

Haa to let your child be a child!


Introduced in February 2013 – an invitation, a prompt, a linky. Write exactly a 100 words on the prompt and publish it on your blog – a story, a poem, a mini-essay. The linky will be open right up to next Friday.  100 Words on Saturday will be up every 2nd and 4th Saturday.
100WordsOnSaturdayEverydayGyaan zps523cd9d5 Beautiful Eyes (100 Words on Saturday # 12)


9 comments:

  1. Children should be let free to explore and find their own niche rather than be shoved into a spot where their parents want to see them. Many a times, very sadly, parents forget that their children are individuals and force upon them their own unfulfilled dreams. :(

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  2. Everything is not what we see, is it? Yes, sometimes the 'ideal' children have the hardest lives!

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  3. I guess, there is a reason why they say that the 'eyes are the windows to the soul' . Children should certainly be allowed to be children. Why do we forget that sometimes!

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  4. Even kids cant forget strife easily... but this makes them humble as they grow.

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  5. There are parents who impose religion and customs on their kids instead of letting them choose.

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  6. Kids usually remember strife, esp. if felt during the early days. It's good because it helps them retain humility as they grow up.

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  7. Very well said. Restrictions can grow such negativity later in life. Sad this.

    http://www.heresmysay.com/100-words-on-saturday-beautiful-eyes/

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  8. Interesting take on the prompt ! This thing I have seen in all religions
    HOPE Parents understand

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