Tuesday, June 19, 2007
lefty
yah i'm a lefty.......an unique one though...because i eat with my right hand but use my left hand for everything else........wondering how it happened?i wonder about it too.............coz my natural tendency is to eat with left hands which i some times do when i'm busy with some other task and not really paying much attention to food......may be somebody tried to cure me of this disease in my childhood...n thts why ended up eating with my right hand..n no,i'm not joking when i told being left handed is like being diseased.....i have plenty of first hand experience to prove my statement........right from my childhood and till now i get curious glances when people i'm lefty for the first time......their immediate questions follow how i became like this...did my parents made me behave like this....etc etc some of the extremists even went further stating my parents shud have forced me to write with my right hand in the childhood rather than ending with this kind of disgrace in their hand.....i still remember i had a math teacher in my school in 5th grade...she used to make me stand near her table and made me do all the sum using my right hand in all her classes...i could not even finish a single sum in her class..as i didnt know how to use my pen using my right hand ,although i could solve all the sums in my head...i tears used to sparng in my eyes..the tears of frustration...i used to think why dont she ever leave me alone..i used to pray to god earnestly so that someday she realises and let me do whatever i wanted but tht never happened....unfortunately we had her nearly every day of the week..tht means i had to undergo this agony for nearly 40 mins each day........time flied since then....now i'm a grown u p woman..doing my doctoral program in us.. n yah i'm still lefty but somehow this fact never bother anyone here..they take it as a natural occurance........it really felt odd when i first came here......people accepting me naturally as i'm.....no more..now i'm sure of myself...n ive decided to start eating using my left hand...going back to my true identity
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An excellent piece of writing...really very touching....many who are left-handed by birth can identify their silent pain, suffering and humiliation in this....our society has a long way to go before it can call itself "civilized"
Exactly so. Arnab is absolutely correct. There are some usual practices in our society, for which I am really ashamed to be a part of that. Why don't they accept people as they are? The main problem is that even the so called educated people don't use their own brain and considerations, they always go by what others are saying. They cann't see anybody different from them. Shame on the inhuman middle-aged mentality.
What can I say about such a wonderful writing!!!! I am overwhelmed & do agree whole heartedly what Shirshendu & Arnab said.Today I really feel disgrace to survive in this so called "civilized" society.But on the contrary, I feel we people have to survive to fight against those, who claimed themselve as educated.But unfortunately when their education reflects in their behavior our heart get shattered .So its our struggle & responsibility to make them understand that they are the only responsible to make our society jeopardised.
All the very best to you..in whatever you do inyour life...
& Wish all the happiness be yours....
Really suprprising and was shocked to hear about the teacher who forced to use your right hand. If the teachers are like this how can we expect students to get the proper enlightment. Well - we still like your blog even if you type it with both hands or use only your left hand - keep it up ;)
Ya, I heard stories of what kind of a stigma it is to be a leftie! Nice to read a first hand experience. Fortunately, it is more accepted in the US, so does it mostly go unnoticed in the US?
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