Catch them young
- Chandrashekhar Sangoi Twitter: @simplewords48 simplewords48@gmail.com This incident dates back to when I was about 9 years old. I was playing in the veranda at my maternal grandmother’s and a person, who was from my own village, passed from nearby. On seeing me on the way, he initiated a small talk with “how are you Chandrashekhar?” "I'm fine", I replied. And then he walked away. Then, my cousin elder brother, who had also come there on vacation, reached me and asked about that gentleman. I said, “He was an uncle from my village". “Did you offer him a pale of water?” I said, "no". On hearing this, he scolded me and said- “don’t you even know that if an acquaintance passes by our house, it is customary for us to offer them water at least?” I just nodded my head in denial. Seeing my naivety, he smiled lightly. He pacified his anger and said in a sweet voice that love, respect, and empathy are human virtues. At that time, I could not understand the meaning