Was at the Apollo First Med Hospital yesterday evening for a doctor appointment.
Due to some wierd reason, this doctor does not take appointments, but uses the
first-come-first-served method of seeing patients. Which means, almost always it is like
a 2 hour wait before you get to see the doctor, irrespective of what time you come in.
Usually I take a newspaper or magazine to while away the time. But since I forgot it
yesterday, had to be content watching movie songs (minus audio, due to being a silent
zone) on TV or just looking around observing the people nearby.
There was this cute kid, around 6 years old who was sitting near me, eating a pack of
Little Hearts biscuits. Just to beat away boredom I stuck up a conversation with her
and got to know that her name is Niveda (nice name) and is in 1st standard at the
Sacred Heart school. Since there was a "Heart" in both her school's name and the
biscuits she was eating, I just asked her if she knew what a "heart" meant.
Instead of a verbal reply, she just drew an imaginary heart shape in the air with her
fingers. And when I thought she was done, she added, "Heart means Love" and started
giggling. I was caught unawares - did not expect a small kid to be knowing about the
mushy side associated with hearts. And boy, her Mom was so embarassed and tried to
hush her.
But then, with constant bombardment via TV of film based programs, it is not surprising
that today's kids pick up such details early on. We can't really blame the kids - they are
only shaped by what influences they are exposed to.
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