Why Grand mother attempts killing grand children in Sambalpur

Ravi, sad to hear about this. I agree with your suggestion, we must keep certain money with us for our old age, otherwise we will face this kind of issues in our life. The old lady's sons are deserved for punishment

It is said that children are the jewels of the family,so the grand children are the profit of the jewels.Our parents are just our guides how to raise our children to be good citizens.We must raise them in accordance to our knowledge how our parents raised us.We must not let them raise our children for they have pass that for us to raise our own children.

Well, there are so many "should be", but there are always some people who don't take responsibility at all. Maybe there are some reasons, cuz we don't know the truth. I think the old woman must have no other choices, maybe it is because of poverty, illness or anything else. She doesn't want to suffer pain any more. And she must think to die is better than live for her grand children too. Or else, she won't do that.

Hi ravisivan Finally we meet on one of your discussions... Under the today's nuclear family thing, we have split up all the families and even in nuclear ones, many a times both husband and wife are working. When that happens, the kids normally are on their own, do their own learning and this always has a vacuum where the virtues of traditions and customs doesnt get through to the kids. Definitely, the parents have no time for their kids and so why should they have time for their parents. So going by this, in today's India and may be globally, it is always judicious to save everything one can so that the savings come to rescue in old age or even at times of crisis. But as parents, would they realize this? I think we olders are still guided by the Traditions and so called Values of morality and care. maybe things will start getting right when the next generation grows up and realizes that it is money which is of utmost importance... relations are fine only for a while... that is where the world is heading to

ohh, that's really shocking . May be she is very much disturbed at that moment. That may be an impulsive action , i guess. which is due to the pain, she have in her heart. May be because of her sons behavior to wards her, she might have developed , all these , and showed it on grand children. No mother actually does it, but the pain in her may have made her to do so. when we are filled with the pain and anger we loose the tendency to think about good and bad. It just happens. Son's should look after her at any cost. But we are changing for the worst.

whatever would be the reasons behind, so to speak, evil was who mandated it. maybe grandma is not in her sanity or sure about that, what was uncertain were the reasons behind why she able to do it like that. that was the reason why it became as one of my habits. to wait is not good but to be waited is not light to the conscience as well. but rather we all could say that we will choose the former compared to the latter phrase. hmmm... but doing assignments late in time, whew! what good we can get from it. gee... hope can overcome it. thanks for joining here :)

how could that woman do that to her grand children? i mean if she wanted to die she could had kill herself but take them with her? what a selfish and stupid and horrible thing! if she cared for her grandchildren she wouldnt had done that. unless she has dementia there isnt forgiveness for her to do that. if i was their grandkids for sure i wouldnt want to see my grandma ever again. im happy they survived.

Hi Sivan, your post is very interesting. I think that this old woman was very angry with her relatives, her sons in this case, because she has felt abandoned. There are many life situations that can despair to someone. I know this is not reason for attempting against the life from anybody, but I would not like, and probably nobody, to be in the situation of this old woman. Yes, the sons must take care of their parents, especially when they are going old and also it is reasonable to save some money for the future. However I think that this is another case of lack of mercy with the fellow man. If this old woman would have felt the love of her sons, she would not have committed this terrible act.

Children do have a duty towards their parents as they grow old and can no longer look after themselves properly. The older generation should be careful in the way they handle money, especially in the years after their children leave home and are no longer their responsibility. So we need balance here, so that when we grow old we can keep our dignity and not become a burden for our children. In my country it is quite usual for people to start looking around for a residential home where they can live when they need care in later life. This is not a shameful thing and parents and children often go through these preparations together. This often means that much of the money that parents would normally leave to their children is used to provide for themselves. Every family has different circumstances and some children are able to have elderly parents living with them and this can work out very well until the parent needs professional care. However this is not possible when the children are in full time work or do not have suitable accommodation. The older people I know all say that they do not want to become a burden to their children. Many want to keep their independence and privacy for as long as possible and then move to a care home. These homes are generally well run with lots of interesting hobbies and entertainments to keep the residents active and happy.

I hear this kinda thing happens alot there, It also happens here in Mexico. Only many try and cover it up. A few months back a mother chopped off her sons 2 hands for not going out at 2am to cut fire wood.