Child Series - Naach na jaane, aangan teda (A bad worksman blames his tools)
Child Series - Naach na jaane, aangan teda ( A bad worksman blames his tools) I was in this state board school in Grade Four or Five. We had the school's annual day celebration coming up. All students were asked to participate in different activities like dance, drama and monologue. I was asked to be part of a dance performance. I dreaded the practice as I was not good at dancing. Sure enough, I was not able to keep up with the steps taught and was struggling. In order to cover up for my mistakes, I complained to the teachers about how the other students were not dancing properly. The teachers spoke to each other in Marathi (as they knew it was a language I did not know well) and remarked about how I did not know how to dance and how I was blaming others. Though I did understand the entirety of the conversation, I knew from the tone and their expressions that this was about me finding fault with others. I was ashamed on hearing this and stopped complaining. The practice was in the...