Childrens Day

We Were Children Once
By Vishii Rita Krocha

Another Tuesday, another 14th November, another day of a year. What could be so special about this particular 24 hours? We could just live it like any other day. But no, it wouldn't be right because deservingly, it's children's day. And you can't just let it slip by like that. Not when children have given us so many smiles, so many reasons to believe, so many things to learn from without ever letting a frown cross our troubled faces because it's magically hard to sulk when they are around.

Our world's merely not complete without their presence. Imagine our streets are deserted in the evenings with no sounds of happy cries and laughter, imagine playgrounds are empty, imagine you never get to see them around, just to set some curve on your face when you are helplessly annoyed. Children, for all the reasons we know, have captured our attention, our love and our concern. They are the pillars our society will rely on some years from now and how little do we realize the part they play in our lives. Besides the amount of joy they can give us even without trying, children hold a significant place in our world today like they have always held.

And what can we offer them on a special day like this? When it's set apart to be celebrated, it's meant to be celebrated. And probably, there will be beautiful memories that this day will carry. Schools doing their bit to entertain them, perhaps distributing sweets, and organising programmes for them. Sure, they will be glad. What more can they ask for. But is that all we can give them? Is it just a day of smiles we can afford for children who are our pride, our joy, our mood lifter, our teacher in the sweetest way possible, almost our everything who can turn even the ugliest day with a simple smile into a lovely day, an innocent face, a cute look and you know the kind of affection that they are capable of giving.