A Minute To Realize.
A thought struck me while seeing a person throwing chicken curry into the garbage.
I know you may be wondering what is there in it. Yes, there's a thought rather painful.
This incident has an age of 4 years & this still continues. It was a April I was in Delhi during my vacation. My dad was there during that time. Sunday a day for enjoyment. Dad said me to buy some chicken & I know don't u must be wondering why the hell am I saying all these craps to you but hold your patients my readers Please. Soon I moved to shopping complex with ma friend. I went in to a shop bought chicken & while looking around in the shop I saw a guy walking unto the shop. He got in front of the counter asked for chicken waste for his dog & this guy pretty much explained me about his dog. How healthy it is & how wealthy he is to feed his dog chicken every day. I got my stuff & moved back to house. Had my food & it was evening, I took a walk back to the shopping complex.
I had a pretty not good day. So, I sat there alone in the steps in front of the chicken stall. Soon a saw a boy walking up with a dirty shirt. Half torn shorts. Still he had a smiling face in him. I wondered what made him smile this much & thought when I could smile like this.
The boy moved towards me & passed near to the chicken stall. He asked for chicken waste & I wondered why he was buying those. He grabbed it & still holding that smile even wider, he ran back from where he came.
Time passed on. After few hours I saw him with some other untidy messy kids playing, having fun, & after some time I saw them raising hands and begging to the people who were coming out of the shopping complex. Then i started to realize that they were street children. In our words "BEGGARS”. In a richer view "a bunch of people who are pulling the India back from growing into a superpower, just because they don't let their tiny piece of land to the futurist". I started to night I still sat there & watched them. Then I heard a small talk from them. The kid I saw early asking other...”Oy tune aj kya kaya"....??? I still remember the way of style he used to ask that question to his friends. I exactly din hear what those boys gave as replay but I do heard what he said after that...”Yar aaj special tha..Chicken". Should have seen the bright face he had while saying that. But after hearing that my smile got sucked up in. I ran over to the chicken stall & asked the shopkeeper. "Did that boy buy chicken waste in the morning to eat" he said yes I still couldn't believe. Parts that we say YUCK is what he took back. Then the stall man understood that I was confused. He later explained to me that this is what is happening in the streets & in most parts of our country. "You have money so you eat chicken as special & they don't have money so they eat chicken waste as special" said the man with a smiling face but i couldn't digest that smile. I was hurt I thought all comforts that I have & compared with theirs. I was in the verge of tears. I then found Ganhiji words true “if you really want to see India at its best you have to find it in a Bhangi cottage" how true he was.
Every day you complain, raise voice over mother, father or servant just because you didn't get your favorite food or u didn't like the food. Just think about them, the so called untouchables in the past & now called as beggars in the present. Feel how lucky we are & feel how luck were are that we have nice clothes to wear. Feel how lucky we are because we have parents who give us food which we like. Think of a day u eat chicken waste instead of those long list dishes made in chicken u get from restaurants. Unthinkable right well this is what most of the street Indian children eat when he celebrates his birthday. Think of your birthday & this is what every street Indian child eats, when he celebrates the nation’s Independence Day, Ramzan, Holi, Diwali, Onam every special eve.
Dear readers it a minute to realize what world we are living. It’s the minute to realize what we have done & what we should do from now own. I can’t say to u what to do. But if u wish to do something it should come from your heart. I request to my fellow readers (Actually I don't even have one) to through off their luxury for 1 sec. Come out of it, step outside from your luxuries cars , AC Rooms and feel the real India. Soon u would realize that those smiles you see aren't real. It’s so much pain within them. Every time u see a child knocking your cars window "U comment bloody beggars". Just think if it was your son, daughter or brother. They are beggars & that’s why you are richer.
I don't say u to just give one rupee per month just to show you care. This can be changed if we put in all over one rupee coins together. People it’s the minute for us to realize that we are the reason why they are not developing. People it’s the minute to realize that it’s high time we should join our hands to help them come up. They are our brothers, Sisters, father & mothers because somewhere in our life journey we forgot that we all came from one womb.
Thanks & Regards,
Jaknap htaras
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
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ReplyDeletewhat to say good peace of writing. In your post ek karwa saach (bitter truth) jhalkta haiii...
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geat writing ,yes. but greater still is the explicit truth. the overwhelming bitter truth of real India',which is not in the techno parks of Bangalore but in the streets of Mumbai.have we done our part to better this situation today?
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