A month or two ago, I was there at Sabaree’s home on my way to a movie. Sabaree is a senior colleague and a good friend of mine. Spent around 30 minutes in his home and had a chance to speak with his nephew Prahalad who is a first grader. 
Here is the transcript of my conversation with him. The original conversation was in Tamil.
Prahalad : Uncle! Are you working with my Chittappa? Where are you coming from?
Me : Yes and I come from Ambattur.
Prahalad : How do you goto Tambaram?
(Tambaram is where my office is)
Me : By train.
Prahalad : How far is it from Ambattur?
Me : around thirty five kilometers.
Prahalad : Do you buy tickets daily?
Me : No. I buy monthly season pass.
Prahalad : What is monthly pass?
At that time, the milkman knocked the door and I tried to explain him with a simple example.
Me : Do you buy milk at home?
Prahalad : Yes. The milkman delivers it daily.
Me : Perfect. Do you pay him daily?
Prahalad : No. I don’t. I am not too old for that.
Me : (!@%$$&*) Ok! Does anyone who is elderly in the home pay him daily?
Prahalad : No. We pay him once in every month.
Me : It is the same way for the train. I don’t buy tickets daily. Instead, I pay for it once in a month by buying a monthly pass.
Prahalad : So, you come to say that you don’t buy tickets.
Me : !@%$$&*!!!!!
Prahalad : Ok fine! How long does it take for you to go to office by train?
Me : It takes around two and a half hours.
Prahalad : Do you know? It takes a week to travel to Delhi.
Me : No my boy! It was the scenario before five years. Now a days with advent of fast trains, it does not take that much time. I suppose one can reach Delhi in two days time.
He never believed me and looked at his grandfather.
Prahalad : Have you traveled in Train for ten thousand hours?
Me : huh?
Prahalad : How long will one reach if he travels for ten thousand hours?
Me : !@%$$&*!!!!!
Sabaree’s dad came to my rescue by pulling Prahalad for regular homework. 
Innocence is bliss. I have experienced it with Prahalad’s inquisitiveness. 
Just think how we would have tortured our parents and others by asking such questions. But it is usually good and improves ur thinking ability also.
I don’t think I would have asked these many questions. If so, I would have done something useful in my life.
i appreciate ur honesty my bro:) u never did anything other than eating my brains always sitting besides me in the school in my class
hahaha!
S-w-e-e-t
… I loved this post. Prahlad is definitely one cute little guy!
Yes, kids of today are definitely much more inquisitive and smarter than we were, at their age. They have an opinion for everything, know what they want and refuse to take no for most answers
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I also noticed that most kids use what their teacher/parent has taught them, as a basis for what exists and what is right in this world. Try telling them something they don’t know, and you’re likely to receive the response “No, that can’t be true, since my teacher (or parent) hasn’t told me that”
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naala matikitinga pola..:)
Keep away from kids
Shikha,
Yes it is true that kids are becoming too intelligent, inquisitive and interesting. Did I miss any more adjectives in “i” ?
Badri,
Arasiyalla ithellam saatharanam appa!
Umesh,
look at that innocence..how could we all lose something so cute!!!!!!!!!
she goes – ache (thats me) – u know there r only 13 steps to go to first floor
ache – i see mama in puter ( her uncle has gone to do MS in US and he comes for cam chat )
ache – nee chellam – ippa choki tha…
first time here… nice blog u got
Hi raz,
Welcome here. Thanks for your comments. Have marked your blog in my calendar. Will go through it on a weekend.