# 29. Old is Gold.
In olden days the children were encouraged to learn many arts and acquire other talents. Every girl could sing confidently.
Most girls could sew and mend clothes - even if the could not stitch new clothes. Girls knew the kitchen work as well as other handicrafts and decorating homes with elaborate kolams.
Now no one knows anything. The sad thing is that they take pride is declaring that they do not know anything. One girl said, "I do not even know which side of the needle should be threaded" grinning from ear to ear!
People like my mother insisted that the children should learn everything which is within their means. Otherwise having lived in a small remote village how could all her children cause ripples in whatever they take up?
Art for the sake of art is gone for ever. People want to learn things which will help them to get a job, earn a lot of money and spend it lavishly.
No one wants the "roses" anymore.
Everyone wants only the "cabbages"!!:hungry:
In olden days the children were encouraged to learn many arts and acquire other talents. Every girl could sing confidently.
Most girls could sew and mend clothes - even if the could not stitch new clothes. Girls knew the kitchen work as well as other handicrafts and decorating homes with elaborate kolams.
Now no one knows anything. The sad thing is that they take pride is declaring that they do not know anything. One girl said, "I do not even know which side of the needle should be threaded" grinning from ear to ear!
People like my mother insisted that the children should learn everything which is within their means. Otherwise having lived in a small remote village how could all her children cause ripples in whatever they take up?
Art for the sake of art is gone for ever. People want to learn things which will help them to get a job, earn a lot of money and spend it lavishly.
No one wants the "roses" anymore.
Everyone wants only the "cabbages"!!:hungry: