There is style in Indian parenting. “Once upon a time”... these four words have the magical power to suddenly attract and shift the any age kids’ mind to another world, virtual reality including me. These stories have the super power of impacting young minds. What stories and how is it narrated to kids is utmost importance.
For grand parents and parents story telling is an opportunity to take them to unknown. Those are exciting journeys to teach moral and life lesson to children. Stories provide undisturbed attention of children in the family. It gives chance to connect between children and adults in the family. It helps to develop imagination, creativity, life values and personalities in kids. I used to get thrilled and wait for hours when grand parents promised me to tell stories.
There are thousands of mythological stories told in India. Mahabharata is a one of the two Sanskrit epics, another is Ramayana. Mahabharata is a story of struggle between two cousin groups, Pandavas and Kauravas for the kingdom. Arjun is one of the main character in the epic and one of the Pandavas. He is a great warrior and favorite of lord Krishna. He is the hero of the war between Pandavas and Kauravas. He won the war against injustice with the help of Krishna. Everlasting friendship of lord Krishna and Arjun all of us look up to. The unconditionally support and motivation provided by lord Krishna, and capabilities of Arjun helped Pandavas to win the war. Arjuna stand for the right and fought for it as a great warrior duty. Contrarily, from Kauravas we can learn that a revenge attitude can only lead to his downfall.
There are many short stories collection like Panchatantra. These mythological stories teach spirit and the value system of the life. These stories also give many life lessons I might discuss about in a later post
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