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Beyond the boundaries of reason, let the children be... |
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Thanks to Anita Dua, Principal DPS East, Ahmedabad, I met many creative kids. Only a few find a mention here. May they just be. I have not met an architect who visualises all buildings to be curved. But Het Soni, Class 4, did just that. Imagine a city with all the buildings curved! Het is a brave girl. Parshwa, Class 6, has already created a city on the moon while other countries are still trying to find a foothold there. Who has not secretly wished for rain of chocolate and chewing gum? But Juhee, Class 6, has already had such a rain. Contact her if you need some. And if you thought only fishes move and aquariums remain still, you are mistaken. Yaline, Class 1, has an aquarium that walks the fishes from one garden to the next. - Ed. |
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A duck and a porcupine, no one knows how,
(Contrary to grammar) are a duckupine now.
The stork told the tortoise, ‘Isn’t this fun!
As the stortoise, we’re second to none!’
The parrot-faced lizard felt rather silly-
Must he give up insects and start eating chilli?
The goat charged the scorpion at a rapid run
Jumped on his back, now head and tail are one.
The giraffe lost his taste for roaming far and wide,
Like a grasshopper he’d rather jump and glide.
The cow said, ‘Am I sick, too, from this disease?
Or why should the rooster chase me, if you please?’
And oh the poor elewhale—that was a bungle,
While Whale yearns for the sea, Eli wants the jungle.
The hornbill was desperate as it had no horns,
Merged with a deer now, it no longer mourns.
Source: Khichuri (Abol tabol by Sukumar Roy)
Absurdity in art, poetry or life often is a precursor of defreezing of minds. Rationality is important but too much of it cripples the imagination. Creativity needs thinking beyond boundaries. Breakthrough Innovation will elude us till we pack the lunch boxes of children with unmet ambitions on parents and teachers. Let the children be!
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Honey Bee 23(3) 2, 2012 |
