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Honest, curiosity and spark

Tomorrow I was traveling back to Varanasi from Kanpur in a bus. There was a small girl in front of my seat. She was creating a lot of nuisance and as I have nothing to do in the bus so, I start observing her. She was moving here and there, sometimes even pushing her body out of window. One thing I noticed about her is that she was constantly asking questions like; when this bus is going to move?, why should not I budge my body out?, why I will get hurt if I am moving my body outside? She was asking whatever came in her mind and of whatever she was not sure. A few days back I attended the lecture of Dr. Amarnath Sen, a scientist from CG&CRI, he was constantly trying to give emphasis on asking question as that is the best way to learn. He said that one must have curiosity and nosiness in order to study. Then I started drawing a parallel between what Dr. Sen had said and actions of small girl. Girl was inquisitive about whatever she was seeing and wants answers of questions which ca