tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post96191111191656560..comments2024-03-29T17:09:23.102+05:30Comments on Tomichan Matheikal's blog: The Romance called ChildhoodTomichan Matheikalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-69478671745127079682016-07-20T19:12:25.532+05:302016-07-20T19:12:25.532+05:30Experience may be a painful teacher but a pretty g...Experience may be a painful teacher but a pretty good one. Glad you liked it.Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-28419774106199240052016-07-20T12:18:53.353+05:302016-07-20T12:18:53.353+05:30Experience sure is a good teacher.Nice articleExperience sure is a good teacher.Nice articleAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16066811047276865583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-40925573827372112812016-07-18T17:17:27.931+05:302016-07-18T17:17:27.931+05:30That's the helplessness of the species!That's the helplessness of the species!Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-73373334880649987792016-07-18T15:05:35.230+05:302016-07-18T15:05:35.230+05:30Time ones gone never comes back. So is childhood. ...Time ones gone never comes back. So is childhood. no matter how hard we try, at some point we all knowingly or unknowingly fall prey to evils.Swati Batrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511542439077039805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-30850406851560273742016-07-18T13:59:05.974+05:302016-07-18T13:59:05.974+05:30William Golding would say that even if adults are ...William Golding would say that even if adults are not around, the children will still make a hell out of whatever is available to them.Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-44623794967309680202016-07-18T13:56:35.608+05:302016-07-18T13:56:35.608+05:30I too wish there was some other way. We can't ...I too wish there was some other way. We can't have Rishisringas!Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-796976985893391472016-07-18T12:50:20.693+05:302016-07-18T12:50:20.693+05:30Childhood is free of notions and speculations but ...Childhood is free of notions and speculations but as we start aging the exposure to the world and society makes us adapt to the world and the quest of survival brings harsh changes to befit the world.Irahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18096542488694710979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-46911720046368746552016-07-18T10:20:21.237+05:302016-07-18T10:20:21.237+05:30"One has to lose innocence if one is to remai..."One has to lose innocence if one is to remain sane in the human world" - harsh but true.I wish, however, there was some other way. Side-effects of being a parent, I guess.Deepali Adhikaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12423586883201905991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-88680194367431140792016-07-18T10:09:41.936+05:302016-07-18T10:09:41.936+05:30Freedom has to be accompanied with responsibility....Freedom has to be accompanied with responsibility. We are like children insofar as we behave without responsibility. The confines are necessary because of that lingering childhood.Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-74456235547608660022016-07-18T09:31:13.620+05:302016-07-18T09:31:13.620+05:30The freedoms of childhood are best recalled in the...The freedoms of childhood are best recalled in the confines of adulthood Tomichan, but then that confine is the one we have built for one another. As you have quoted variously, there is no escaping that fence. This was a good read.Anupam Patrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179237569294043987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-84015615845465066392016-07-18T07:35:02.047+05:302016-07-18T07:35:02.047+05:30Inevitable loss. That's why we come across so ...Inevitable loss. That's why we come across so many people who can't even smile.Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-78238754740550362902016-07-18T07:00:46.630+05:302016-07-18T07:00:46.630+05:30Yes that is true. But in growing up in an evil wor...Yes that is true. But in growing up in an evil world, in becoming mature and losing innocence so much of the spontaneity is lost.Durga Prasad Dashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10467260250493150980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-43802763412004038762016-07-18T05:56:00.088+05:302016-07-18T05:56:00.088+05:30True. When there's so much evil all around sur...True. When there's so much evil all around survival depends on acquiring some of that.Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-64284949963005695252016-07-17T21:58:20.018+05:302016-07-17T21:58:20.018+05:30The world makes us do things which we ourselves ne...The world makes us do things which we ourselves never imagined. It's all corrupt practices around us that we get infected with!Alok singhalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13464535666153172726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-71741872905307847242016-07-17T17:27:32.829+05:302016-07-17T17:27:32.829+05:30One of my favorite poems by Hopkins, it shows the ...One of my favorite poems by Hopkins, it shows the inevitability of evil in human life. Man is a "fallen" creature, as Hopkins - a Catholic priest - understood.Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-81695944290866581752016-07-17T17:24:23.821+05:302016-07-17T17:24:23.821+05:30Experiences are the best teachers. And more often ...Experiences are the best teachers. And more often than not, they teach us harsh truths.Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-4171798982707901632016-07-17T16:42:23.755+05:302016-07-17T16:42:23.755+05:30Hopkins lines are so apt....we grow old and we fin...Hopkins lines are so apt....we grow old and we find coldness in relationships everywhere, partly because we have lost the passion of childhood.....sunaina sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07848852013009581839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-3566145079805029142016-07-17T16:35:37.591+05:302016-07-17T16:35:37.591+05:30I love all of your posts, but this one,so far, is ...I love all of your posts, but this one,so far, is the best post that I have read. I relate with what you have said. I have a belief that maturity comes with experiences. And experiences are the best teachers to show the child in us a pragmatic look of the world outside.Pranju chakrapanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12605609220545623439noreply@blogger.com