Indian parents have somehow turned sleep into a character flaw and waking up early into an achievement.
Parents see their child sleeping till 9 AM and immediately conclude - lazy, no discipline, no focus, no ambition, etc. Life mein kuch nahi karega.
But if the same person wakes up at 5 AM after sleeping for five hours, suddenly everyone is impressed. Why? What exactly did he achieve by waking up at 5 AM? Nothing.
Waking up early is not an achievement. Sleeping properly is more important than waking up early.
For decades, two groups have ruined Indians relationship with sleep. Parents and teachers.
Since childhood we have heard nonsense like “Jo sota hai, woh khota hai” Curtains opened. Doors banged. Lights switched on. Someone deliberately making noise because apparently seeing a child sleeping peacefully is unbearable for Indian parents.
Nobody asks what time the person slept. Nobody asks whether they got enough sleep. Nobody cares about the quality of sleep. Bas subah jaldi uthna chahiye.
This obsession is stupid. Your body does not care about your parents' definition of discipline, it needs adequate sleep. Sleep affects your concentration, memory, mood, recovery, metabolism and overall health.
Please understand this - Your body has its own sleep clock. Once it has had enough sleep, you naturally wake up. You cannot just keep sleeping because nobody disturbed you.
Yet in Indian households, disturbing someone's sleep is treated as completely normal. Even today, millions of Indian kids face this every single day.
And then we carry the same stupidity into adulthood. Indian parents need to stop treating sleep like a crime.
