THERE WAS A TIME WHEN A LEFT HANDED DAUGHTER-IN-LAW WOULDN’T BE ACCEPTED IN A HOUSE-HOLD. A CHILD BORN AS A NATURAL LEFT HANDER WAS CONSIDERED A CURSE IN THE FAMILY. IN FACT IN A LOT OF CULTURES, THERE IS A LOT OF NEGATIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEFT HAND. THAT PERHAPS EXPLAINS WHY POSITIVE SOCIAL ACTIVITIES LIKE HANDSHAKES AND GIVING AND ACCEPTING PRESENTS ARE DONE WITH THE RIGHT HAND.
ARE YOU A LEFT HANDED PERSON? DO YOU FEEL THE WORLD IS DOMINATED BY RIGHT HANDED PERSONS? OR DO YOU THINK THAT THE WORLD IS BIASED IN FAVOUR OF THE RIGHT HANDED FOLKS. WELL! YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO THINK SO.
AS WE CAN SEE THE WORLD HAS THE MAXIMUM POPULATION OF RIGHT HANDED PEOPLE. HENCE THE PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED BY THE COMPANIES ARE PRODUCED KEEPING THE MAJORITY IN MIND, AND THIS HAPPENS TO BE THE ECONOMIC SENSE OF THE PRODUCERS. HOWEVER, EVEN THE LEFT HANDED PERSONS WOULD AGREE THAT THERE ARE PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED KEEPING THE LEFT HANDED PERSON IN MIND.
LET US NOT GET INTO THIS UNENDING DEBATE. THIS ARTICLE IS NOT A CONTEST BETWEEN RIGHT HANDERS & LEFT HANDERS. IT IS AN ARTICLE FOR THE RIGHT-HANDED COMMUNITY TO SEE WHAT THE LEFT HANDED FOLKS ARE CAPABLE OF DOING AND HAVE ALREADY DONE. THIS IS EVIDENT BY THE NUMBER OF LEFT HANDERS CREATING RECORDS & IMPRESSIONS ENVIOUS OF THE RIGHT-HANDERS. SO SALUTATIONS TO ALL THE LEFT HANDED COMMUNITY OF THE WORLD.
BY THE AGE OF THREE, THE HANDSKILL ORIENTATION OF A CHILD IS MORE OR LESS DECIDED. AND IF THE CHILD TAKES A LEFT HANDED PRACTICES THEN LET NOT THE PARENTS DISCOURAGE THEIR CHILDREN FROM WRITING OR EATING WITH THEIR LEFT HAND, WHICH IS A VERY CULTURALLY BIASED ATTITUDE. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE PARENT TO LET A LEFT-HANDED CHILD UNDERSTAND THAT HE OR SHE
IS NO DIFFERENT FROM OTHER KIDS, EXCEPT HER OR HIS BODY IS BIASED TO THE OTHER SIDE.
THE RIGHT HEMISPHERE OF THE BRAIN, WHICH CONTROLS BODILY MOVEMENTS ON THE LEFT SIDE, IS ALSO THE CREATIVE SIDE. SEVERAL ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS ARE LEFT HANDED, MAINLY BECAUSE THE RIGHTHAND SIDE OF THE BRANE IS FAR MORE DEVELOPED.
LET US NOW SEE THE ADVANTAGES THE LEFT HANDERS HAVE. WHEN IT COMES TO SPORTS. IN TENNIS OR BADMINTON, FOR INSTANCE, A BACKHAND FOR THE RIGHT-HANDER WOULD BE A FOREHAND FOR A SOUTHPAW, WHICH IS FAR MORE POWERFUL. MARTINI NAVARATILOVA’S LEFT HANDED RACKET STROKES OR PELE’S LEFT KICKS OR WASIM AKRAM’S LEFT HANDED BOWLING OR BRIAN LARA’S EFFORTLESS BATTING. WHEN IT COMES TO ARTS MICHELANGELO, LEONARDI DA VINCI, RAPHAEL AND REMBRANDT WERE ALL LEFT-HANDERS. FOR THAT MATTER, NOT JUST SPORTS OR ARTS EVEN SURGERY COMES MORE NATURALLY TO LEFT-HANDERS.
SO DEAR SOUTHPAWS OR MAY WE CALL YOU STYLISH LEFTIES. YOU ARE RULING THE WORLD MAN! WE RIGHT HANDERS ARE TOTALLY ENVIOUS OF YOU. YOUR LEFT HANDED COMMUNITIES OF CELEBRETIES INCLUDE AMITABH BACHCHAN, THE ONE MAN INDUSTRY OF BOLLYWOOD. OPRAH WINFREY, THE UNCROWNED QUEEN OF TELEVISION, OSCAR WINNER NICOLE KIDMAN AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND ON….. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THE LEFT
HANDED IS PROUD OF IT.
"YOU'RE LEFT ! SO WHAT, YOU'RE RIGHT !"
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