It was our read aloud time and I was reading ‘Krishnavtar’. After fun filled reading about Krishna’s wonderful childhood, it was romantic story of Radha and Krishna. Children were so absorbed into story that they feel connected with Krishna and his bonding with Radha. When Radha’s father closed her into the room –children were sad and when Krishna enters from roof and take Radha to play ‘Ras’ it brought sign of relief and happiness. Again Krishna’s talk with his elders about his marriage with Radha again made them tense!
There was three problems- Radha was from lower cast, She was elder than Krishna and She was already engaged with Ayyan. Why Krishna can’t marry to Radha? – difficult to accept and more difficult to understand reasons behind. Megh was asking me again and again Why? It was something very new for him. After long discussion asking same questions again and again and getting explanations from different ways he was at least OK with age difference and what’s engaged means and what it makes difference. But cast problem kept him asking longer and by now Ashna was already sleeping – only me and Megh into conversation.
Conversation went longer, don’t remember exactly what I was sleepy but last words from Megh’s mouth I will never forget. “Then it should be like ‘Earth is my country . All humans are my brothers and sisters’ instead 'India is my country. All Indians are my brothers and sisters'”.
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