SUCH IS THE LAUGHTER
“The most curious offspring of shame is shyness.” Sydney Smith “M usic is the same, the laughter is not.” This's how I reacted when I first watched this video. Let’s watch it again… The bunch of these l’le kids are in their music class… The music teacher plays the same playful music… Yes, on same strings, with same variation of speed. But, look at the way these kids react to it so differently! Undoubtedly, the l’le champ at the center gets all the eyeballs… Unmistakably, his reaction is just priceless, just infectious! What about other kids around him? Look at each one… And, each one of them has his/her unique response. Now, let’s imagine ourselves as those kids, in the same music class. Or, imagine our kids in their place. Let’s get in touch with our own reactions: Would we all want ourselves, or our kids, to be like the boy in the spotlight? Every time, someone, out there, hogs all the spotlight, many of us wish ourselves or our...