http://www.amandeepsandhu.com Panjab: Journeys Through Fault Lines Wed, 24 Sep 2014 01:19:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.amandeepsandhu.com/?page_id=4#comment-251 Norm-al / correct answer « Muse Cruise Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:26:59 +0000 http://amandeepsandhu.com/?page_id=4#comment-251 [...] Reading Sepia leaves brought back a lot of that disturbing discussion. What is the role of a parent? What happens if a parent is incapable, for any reason, of cherishing a child, loving it through the formative and challenging years and imparting a sense of right and wrong? In the story, the other parent compensated, gave so much of love (though it isn’t always spelt out in so many words), nurturing, and helped teach right from wrong. Which is what makes it a remarkable story even while it is written so well- sensitively and poignantly. [...] [...] Reading Sepia leaves brought back a lot of that disturbing discussion. What is the role of a parent? What happens if a parent is incapable, for any reason, of cherishing a child, loving it through the formative and challenging years and imparting a sense of right and wrong? In the story, the other parent compensated, gave so much of love (though it isn’t always spelt out in so many words), nurturing, and helped teach right from wrong. Which is what makes it a remarkable story even while it is written so well- sensitively and poignantly. [...]

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