The Untold Story
Disclaimer : All characters in this blog may have names similar to real life characters, but their characteristics are purely fictional. Any resemblance is coincidental and unintentional. I was busy with the usual routines at night before putting my little one to sleep. If you lived in Chennai, and specially during the rains, you would be familiar with the mosquito bat exercise, which was my last ritual before putting my kid to sleep. Just then my 5 yr old came in and asked what I was doing. 'I was finishing the mosquitoes' I told her. "But Mamma, grandpa said not to kill any living things, how can you be so cruel to kill those tiny mosquitoes. And what if you kill the baby mosquito by mistake, God will punish you. " My face went white. I had no answers. She was waiting for a justification, and I didn't have an immediate convincing answer that would also retain the values she had learnt from grandpa. "I'll tell you the story behind why we can kill onl