Being the introvert I am, from time immemorial, ever since I was young, I remember my mother trying her level best to instil into me the importance of expressing oneself to gain confidence of others and exerting influence over others! Probably she was trying too hard to turn her son into the mould of her prodigy brother. Growing in the Asiatic environment who believes that children should be seen and not heard, it is hard for a child to exhibit his inner feelings. In that way, children exposed to the Western brand of education are at an advantageous stature to their liking. But there is only so much and so long you can blame your parents and fore-fathers for this handicap. After a certain age, you are on your own... Master Prabakaran: wonder if his path followed the same of many child actors? I remember watching a Tamil movie with my sisters where a young preteen precocious orphan who is seen running around the streets in the vicinity of some Hindu temples ...
It is all Mimesis