This is first in series and I plan to keep a note of some interesting conversations between myself (Baba) and my son (Birsa). He is growing fast and it is great experience.
This series was sparked by one unusual conversation.
I am one person who truly believes in Free market- even though i admit- my younger days first I was all for communism. The ideas of communism was very romantic for me. slowly I understood the fallacies of that line of thought and moved over to socialism. I still believe that socialism has good to offer but free market with human touch is required for world's growth. the same thought process overflows my ideas and i was lecturing Amrita- about benefits of free market and why she needs to be financially more literate. that the idea of earning money is not bad and money is important.
Birsa was listening and suddenly commented. Baba- Money is not everything.. and stop lecturing mumma. I was stunned. I asked why he thinks so and was bowled over by his explanation.
He said- Money is not everything as it cannot buy happiness all the time. Happiness can be got from some luxuries but mostly by being with mumma and baba. very simple but straight forward.
I had to beat a hasty retreat and explain that yes- money cannot buy happiness but it is important to make it nevertheless.
There was a deep meaning and lesson in this.
Birsa-- like any 9 year old amazes me-- the exposure they have, the deep sense and awareness. another very funny thing that i absolutely love is his changing ambitions.
For long- when he started to understand professions-- he was definite that he will become a doctor. I think because he adores his grandfathers ( both his maternal and paternal Grandfather are reputed doctors). Then one fine day- he decided that he needs to be a Car designer....and in a year it changed to Car designer plus mechanic !!! Then he graduated to being Astronaut. This i feel got inspired by multiple rocket & satellite launches which I follow very keenly ( my customer success stories).But after he saw 2 astronaut falling from sky... He got really bothered about the safety aspect of it. He declared one morning.... He will study and be astronomer... Desk job for him. Astronaut job looks bit risky. No amount of counselling dispelling the myths helped. However when he started reading more books, his ambition became to be author. And he is determined that he will be such a good one that he will be having a special illustrator specific for his books. As of now we are stuck with a budding author who specializes in historical fiction and lots of fighting....Watch for more here. Amen.
This series was sparked by one unusual conversation.
I am one person who truly believes in Free market- even though i admit- my younger days first I was all for communism. The ideas of communism was very romantic for me. slowly I understood the fallacies of that line of thought and moved over to socialism. I still believe that socialism has good to offer but free market with human touch is required for world's growth. the same thought process overflows my ideas and i was lecturing Amrita- about benefits of free market and why she needs to be financially more literate. that the idea of earning money is not bad and money is important.
Birsa was listening and suddenly commented. Baba- Money is not everything.. and stop lecturing mumma. I was stunned. I asked why he thinks so and was bowled over by his explanation.
He said- Money is not everything as it cannot buy happiness all the time. Happiness can be got from some luxuries but mostly by being with mumma and baba. very simple but straight forward.
I had to beat a hasty retreat and explain that yes- money cannot buy happiness but it is important to make it nevertheless.
There was a deep meaning and lesson in this.
Birsa-- like any 9 year old amazes me-- the exposure they have, the deep sense and awareness. another very funny thing that i absolutely love is his changing ambitions.
For long- when he started to understand professions-- he was definite that he will become a doctor. I think because he adores his grandfathers ( both his maternal and paternal Grandfather are reputed doctors). Then one fine day- he decided that he needs to be a Car designer....and in a year it changed to Car designer plus mechanic !!! Then he graduated to being Astronaut. This i feel got inspired by multiple rocket & satellite launches which I follow very keenly ( my customer success stories).But after he saw 2 astronaut falling from sky... He got really bothered about the safety aspect of it. He declared one morning.... He will study and be astronomer... Desk job for him. Astronaut job looks bit risky. No amount of counselling dispelling the myths helped. However when he started reading more books, his ambition became to be author. And he is determined that he will be such a good one that he will be having a special illustrator specific for his books. As of now we are stuck with a budding author who specializes in historical fiction and lots of fighting....Watch for more here. Amen.
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