Repressed desires of the "toddler"

Reading about celebrities and their lives is not my cup of tea. And so, Delhi Times is something I try and stay away. But it was something different yesterday! Actually the headlines caught my attention.

"11 year old reality TV star kills herself!!"

What the heck!! How can 11 year old girl kill herself!! It has actually left me aghast. When I was this age, I didn’t even know the word "suicide". Is it the exposure to the television or what? She has been a participant in boogie woogie and some other shows. A great dancer... that is what her parents n neighbors say. But why suicide. That’s because her parents asked her to discontinue with the dance classes and concentrate on studies. the first thing that comes to my mind after the suicide thingy is that she was passionate about dancing thing but how can she be so crazy! How can she even think of hanging herself with the dupatta?? Common, she is just 11!

This cannot be her own idea. She must have seen it somewhere and it cannot be anything other than TV. I am sure watching TV is an educational activity but exposure of children to this extent can surely be harmful. Harmful to this extent!! Anything cannot be important than a life... Especially when it comes to the reality shows for children, I strongly believe that they should be banned. A child can not be allowed to ruin his life by doing these shows. I am sure that their education suffers during the process and that is the most crucial part. Education can make or ruin the life. Education makes you rational and in that case, it is less probable that you would take such uncanny steps.

I am still trying to figure out the psyche of the child. What she must be going through... what must be her state of mind while doing this! Dance must have become life for her. but to this extent!! It shakes me from within to think of her parents. They must be unaware of such psyche. Otherwise they could have stopped this for sure. Damn! I wish it wasn't this way!

All said and done, it leaves nothing for anyone except a lost artist and remorseful parents...