Blissful Love

While Kanav is our Pride, Jay is the heart of this Family.

He is developing into an extremely loving and empathetic individual. His zeal to learn small but practical things is what puts him apart from Kanav who concentrates on mentally difficult and challenging scenarios.

Now over 6 and a half years, his anger is much under his control and tantrums are reducing and so is the noise in the house. When I made Preeti realize yesterday in the morning that there is no noise as the kids are bathing in different bathrooms, Preeti was on the verge of crying.

I am no more able to lift Kanav in my arms and soon Jay would also be out of reach. They are growing extremely fast and now we are enjoying their fights, their tantrums and their hugs and kisses more than ever before.

We just wish for this beautiful and blissful love of our kids to last our lifetime.

Moral Compass

From obvious questions like "Who is God and where is he?",  Kanav has moved on to questions like "Why do we blink eyes?" and "Why do some God have multiple hands?" 

His questions today have started to become more effortless and inquisitiveness is even more sharper. Kanav today is gradually reaching a level of questioning where he has started making me feel proud. 

While the last 2 years were extremely troubling for him emotionally when he was trying to figure out the meaning of God,  I don't think I made it easier for him. Everyday he had to face a peer group who would single him out and call him an Atheist.  He was dumbfounded everyday as to why his friends could not see simple logic which he could. 

His search for the answer to his God question is still on and would remain so for his environment is exposing him not only to "understanding atheists"  like me but "realistic believers"  like his mother and of course doctrinated believers like his friends. 

But my effort for helping both the kids in having a good moral compass recently took me to Devdutt Patnaik's "The Boys who Fought",  a version of Mahabharta for the kids. A story which I always believed to be lush with moral conundrums even for mature adults is a real treat for kids. Devdutt's efforts in explaining complicated concepts like Dharma in a single line to kids is simply amazing. Empathy,  respect and care have been folded and presented to him in the format of a story which to him is utmost interesting.

While these stories are helping Kanav raise his moral standards,  I am sure they will confuse him further on his quest to understand God. Hopefully,  I might be able to solve a few riddles for him. 

Interestingly, both the kids were not able to relate to the story of Harry Potter even a little bit. The names in the story were confusing for them and after the first 40 pages,  the book is just gathering dust. The Harry Potter books could be great in terms of imagination but they surely lack the depth and unfortunately paint a black and white picture of the world, Good and Bad. On the other hand Mahabharta's depth is so astounding that every version which even I read teaches me something new.  And yes,  imagination is incidental in this story. 

I wish,  I could find more such stories and authors for Jay and Kanav.