Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Conversation with Akash, my son

Mostly, every night me and my son huddled under the quilt talk about the day's events and other general trivia. Yesterday's conversation went something like this :

Akash : I was a very good boy yesterday. No bad behaviour. But today, I made some mistakes. Devil acted but v.little of it.
Me: Devil has entered but not conquered your goodness.once you let them enter, they conquer.
Akash : Now if the good fights the devil , good will win. Since they are in majority , they will win. Even English people were like that. They came to trade, we made them enter thru Gateway of India, gave them permission, and they conquered us and ruled us.
Me : Ya, Throw the devil out and shut the door tightly so that it does not enter.
Akash : I will appoint a Security Guard and see o it that devil does not enter.
Me : Good idea. Who is it going to be?
Moment of silence
Akash : God
Me : Great. But you need to pay the Security Guard.
Akash : How do I?
Me : simple , by getting good marks and being good.
Akash : okey. Now I can sleep peacefully. Good night

28 comments:

Chitra said...

New form of 'bribing' eh?? :-)

chitra said...

i dont know of bribing but for sure He has been given a tough job. I just hope, akash is nt a bad pay master !!!:)

Anonymous said...

It's about the good mother leading her son towards good side..everything's good..finally it's good night too. ;)..
Wishing all good for Akash.

starry said...

I think it is so nice to have these conversations,it helps bond and alo a chance to get to know how and what he thinks.I think you are a great mom.Hello to Akash.

Sunil Parashar said...

That was very well said- both by you and your son.

A very nice blog indeed.:)

dharmabum said...

such a beautiful conversation.

i think talking with children opens the door to the goodness within us.

i recommend u read this japanese book called 'totto chan'.

Pritika Gupta said...

wow!! gr8 views..:)

Shankari said...

:)

And you always amaze me!

Childlike in your mothering? How so sweet, just you! :)

Priya said...

Chitu: Thaz so sweet and such conversation shud take place when they grow up. He must be lucky to have you as his mother.

Sujit said...

pretty interesting conversation..:)

Has to be me said...

wow! wise words!
Enjoyed reading the profound thots & also the one abt parents! way 2 go! :)

Krithika said...

Happy Pongal to you too, Chitra

Junius said...

i wonder if that was a girl, how wud it be...?

KK said...

That was a cute conversation... :)

Sunil Parashar said...

Hello Chitra.
You seem busy these days!!!:)

Known Stranger said...

interesting. observing from a moms point of view.

Inder said...

haha... kids say the darndest :)

venuss66 said...

Healthy conversation.

Anonymous said...

a simple yet innocence is reflected from this conversation. children need answers to the simple Q which are not so simple in reality. :)

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Fonceur said...

It is a nice thing that you are doing. It is very important in this age to have such conversation. These conversations ditermine the kind of person they grow into.

Cool post.

Fonceur said...

It is a nice thing that you are doing. It is very important in this age to have such conversation. These conversations ditermine the kind of person they grow into.

Cool post.

Anonymous said...

HAAAAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEEAARRR CHITRA!


Love you lots,


:-*

dharmabum said...

hey thanks for dropping by. was really glad to see your comments. i kept coming by here now and then, and since i never saw a post or a comment, i thought maybe u had...disappeared? :)

All Is Whole said...

Its really sweet conversation..
Liked it .

dharmabum said...

so, you're K huh? achcha...:)

why've u stopped posting? or do u have another secret blog someplace? ;o)

chitra said...

dharma,

Probablythe Ekta Kapoor/Karan Johar bug has bitten the blog. I really dont know how it has changed to 'k'.

no., i havent started another blog, but just some 'time' crunch or shd i say 'thoughts'crunch.

shall post soon.

Sharmi said...

Hi chitra, That was a very sweet lil conversation. We have to adopt so many nice tricks to make them do things.

cheers
sharmi