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Learning from Adwitya While I Teach Adwitya

 Adwitya is learning fast, and learning well. The first thing I learnt when I grew up was that everyone dies. I won’t live forever. My legacy will. We love watching over the top apocalyptic survival scenarios in movies and TV shows and OTT because we like to try to imagine what we would do if we were in such a situation. In fact, I had written my first novella about such a situation, about how I would climb the Himalayas to escape the death and destruction in northern India's plains due to an artificial disaster. We can only prepare for the worst and hope for the best. Example gratitia Adwitya just learnt that we should go under a table if an earthquake happens. We are helpless against nature's fury, which is why I live by 6hourism. A lot of things Adwitya does make me curious about how the human brain learns about how to live the best life possible. Another example: I observed her trying a new experiment today: pulling a few of her hair to test when it starts to pain . Mental development is a weird and very complex process. I love watching Adwitya increase her experience and assimilate it into her actions. Full power 6hourism in action. Soon she will project her future. She already imagines stuff based on movies she has watched and nearly memorised. Also, she now conjures scenarios in her mind while playing with her dolls and soft toys. Her next step will be to create longer stories and narratives using her imagination, like I used to do after reading comic books so that I could pretend to be super commando Dhruv or parmanu, long before role playing. Watch my video about making an Indian superhero pantheon, not stereotypical versions of western comics. But spiralling back to baby Adwitya - she caresses our faces if we fall asleep before she does. Caring comes selflessly to babies, which is why they are the best companions for the elderly. At least, that's my opinion. Nobody needs to agree with it, far less implement it. Everybody is free to do whatever they want, including Adwitya - but only after she grows up enough. When will that be? [laughter] I doubt it will be anytime soon. She sees the wet balcony through the glass door and says look!


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