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    Let the Buds Bloom
    Let the Buds Bloom
    Let the Buds Bloom
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    Let the Buds Bloom

    By Arya

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    Back home after an eventful day, I watched my thirteen year old daughter’s face as she read the newspaper. Her anguish said the news was about something that tugged at her heart. She motioned her brother to read the news with her. His face too reflected the same distress. She exclaimed with pain in her voice, “Why can’t they just let the kids live? They will somehow grow up.”
    I immediately understood what they were reading—the suicide pact—the bane of our society!

    Each child is unique. Children see the world through their own innocent eyes. Nothing is more precious than their innocence. They should be given an opportunity to bloom to their fullest without the worms of hatred and distrust eating away the petals of happiness in the little buds. Unfortunately, ADHD, ADD, dyslexia and dyscalculia were unheard of many years back. Such kids were considered lazy and beaten up by parents and teachers alike. Unfortunately, in India parents consider education as the only way to excel in life. This is especially so if the parent is a teacher. The sadness in their lives is doubled as they are unable to accept the fact that their children are different. This kind of a situation has an adverse impact on these child and also their siblings. An extreme reaction to this situation—the suicide pact— burns the souls of hapless children even if they survive it...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArya
    Release dateMay 13, 2012
    ISBN9781476298566
    Let the Buds Bloom
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    Arya

    Arya lives in Bangalore, India with her husband and two lovely kids. She grew up in a beach town in God’s own country Kerala. She has enjoyed writing since she was in primary school and won many accolades for her short stories and lively paintings. Creative writer, editor and designer, Arya has worked with leaders in publishing industry before following her passion of fiction writing. Despite working full time as a Content Manager in an IT firm (a role which she loves), Arya manages to find time for writing. You can catch her on her blogs ‘Reflections’ (http://reflectionsharsha.blogspot.in/) and ‘ADHD blog title” (http://adhd-a-mothers-reflections.blogspot.in ). “Lets the buds bloom” is her first fictional work inspired by her own life and touches upon the sensitive subject of suicide pact between parents and kids. As she puts it—I am not a wonderful daughter, I may not be a perfect wife, but I want to be the best mom in the whole world. I would never ever want to think that there

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