Time to Act!

Waking my little one up in the morning on school days is quite a task. In order to get him to open his eyes, i sat on the bed with the days newspaper which featured an article about poachers having entered the forests of karnataka and the tigers being at peril. As anticipated, the eyes opened instantly and he sprang up and listened to the article as i read.
Precious innocence commented with sleepy eyes " I wish the tigers knew Kung Fu". And then, "Amma, let us go to that forest and save them". I tried to educate him that there existed a 'Forest Department' which takes care of the task and also added that he could perhaps join the department when he is big enough and take care of them. There, error committed. The agitated reply was, "By the time i am big, they would have finished killing all the tigers in the forest!!"

What does HE want from us?

I am sharing a conversation that i had with my 8 year old which makes interesting reading. We were both watching the National Geographic Channel, which was showing a documentary on India. The programme was showing a ritual in the north east where many animals were being sacrificed on a festival. She asked, "Amma, Why do they have to kill those animals?"I said "That is their way of pleasing the Gods." "Did God tell them that he is pleased? Have they found out? Tell me, what is the need to kill the animals and offer them to him? He is the one who created them in the first place and he can take any animal he wants whenever he wishes. Why do we have to kill and offer?" All i could manage to say was, "You are right.". A very interesting point of view. Any answers?