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Let your mind remain idle.

  "Sharma ji, I never let my son remain idle." said an acquaintance of mine.  "What exactly you do to ensure this." I asked curiously.  "After school my son goes to an institute to get exhaustive knowledge regarding Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology so that he should know these subjects inside out. That way he won't face much difficulty in getting admission into a prestigious engineering or medical school." he said.  "That's nice."  "Sharma ji, he remains in the institute till six pm. Then at seven pm I take him to a computer institute. He attends the institute till nine pm."  "So your son remains busy till nine pm. You mean your son's mind never remains free." I asked.  "Yes Sharma ji. You see an idle mind is the devil's workshop." he said with a tinge of pride on having remembered an English proverb from his school days.  "Sir, I totally disagree with you and your nonsense proverb. I