"How can parents not tell these lovely stories to their children?" Quips Nagarkar
Kiran Nagarkar, an exalted and deferential person recently pointed out what's wrong in our today's society during a book launch in Chandigarh of a 17 year old Twesha Dikshit's maiden book, 'Idiosyncrasy'.
He identifies his times when there were more books to read for children than in today's era. "Look at what are we giving them in such a young age (pointing to mobiles and technology). There are so many beautiful untold stories that are either published or experienced. How can parents not tell these to their children?"
When asked about should something be done to improve the standard of poetry in today's time that is left as more of a sarcasm and double meaning verses, Nagarkar gave a very cheeky reply, "We should be doing so but we are not doing so."
Kiran further adds that, "See, I'm not very well-versed with Hindi poetry, I am more acquainted with Marathi poetry but what I think is that the pleasure of poetry is to sit in a good company and start reciting your verses and the words take on a different level and become far more meaningful. Moreover, you can share it with each and every one."
He metioned that parents have to be interested in order to make their children as a successful writer. In Kiran's words, "You give birth to them and you don't want to do anything for them? Money is not everything. We should learn to impart classics amongst our kids."
