Silence Gives Consent.
Be courageous. Stand for what you believe in.
Game is in its final few overs. Super competitive and tense situation right now. My brother is watching the live telecast of the cricket world cup, and I’m excited too with the competitiveness of the game (though I don’t have much clue on teams or players). Meantime I walked away to have some water, and my brother wanted some too. I brought water and handed him the mug, but looking at the TV while trying to figure out what I missed.
The sound of a breaking mug hit both of us. He hasn’t held it, and I haven’t handed it over properly.
Can’t you hand over properly? My brother shouted.
You could have held it properly! I responded.
My replying back made him so angry. He stood up. I knew I’m about to get slapped. But I didn’t move. Slap! His strong palm was on my right cheek. It was too painful and made me go into tears in a split of a second.
I was 9 years old. My brother is 7 years older than me. Both his height and strength was double mine. But, I believed I didn’t make a mistake, actually as I felt I was doing a favour for him. If I made a mistake, it’s the same for both of us, not only me. He was much stronger and I knew the consequences of my response. But, should I be scared or backed off? My little…
