I have a real soft corner towards kids and I really hate to see children suffering in life. I am sure many of you guys read about the brutal murder and sexual assault of 2 small kids from Coimbatore, a few weeks back. I was totally shocked when I read the gory details of the story. The girl probably wouldn't even have known what happened to her. In a land where kids are considered to be blessings from God, I was unable to digest the fact that someone could do something that inhuman to them. The grotesque incident made me boil with rage. When I heard about the encounter (most probably a fake encounter) in which the kidnapper was killed, I was actually happy in a weird way. Believe me, if I had seen him at the scene of crime, I myself would have shot him without a second thought.
Every single day I hear some news or the other about kids being sold into labor, prostitution and drugs. There was a time when kids would be just running around here and there happily. Now parents lock them up at home in fear of kidnappers, child molesters and pedophiles. I cannot imagine how anyone with a sane mind would actually kill an innocent child. Maybe those people never had a good childhood to begin with.I guess that's where the problem lies. A few months back, I read a 11 year old boy raped and killed a 7 year old girl in Chennai. I mean, all I could think of kids at 11 years is playing video games and here's a boy who's on criminal records at that age!
I can't imagine what would happen in future - would a 5 year old smoke pot and go on a rampage killing people? Who am I kidding - there is already a 2 year old kid in Indonesia who's addicted to cigarettes. God save the world!
"Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.”