COMPASSION
COMPASSION ,PITY,MORAL SENSE !
well these are the words to which i thought i knew the meanings pretty well .... hmmm.. i thought i was humane enough to be a human ! but wait let me confess .... no i am not humane enough to be a human ......( confession date : SEPTEMBER 23 ,confession time : AT THIS UN EARTHLY HOUR 1:55 AM)
well how many of you reading this blog have felt that jolt in the stomach when u saw a begger who is physically disabled on the street struggling for his daily bread ?? to be honest i might have felt pity many a times but not as much as i felt today when i saw an OLD MAN struggling for his existence on this planet.
It was a hot sunny afternoon when i was in the car with some of my friends , we were struggling to make our way out in the hyderabadi traffic in hot sun ,stopping at traffic junctions ,cursing the heat,cursing the traffic ,cursing the autowalas who were performing super duper stunts with their Hummer's ( hyderabadi autos ) . We noticed many beggers as usual at many traffic junctions but i never cared for them but at patny junction i couldnt stop my self from looking at an Old man ( no no dont think " an old man who was begging" ) who was struggling to earn his bread for that day.
Let me describe him , he was aged 60+, clothing just enough to cover himself ( shabby and rugged) and he didnt have one arm.
He was trying to sell one of those johnson and johnson ear buds packet to everyone stopping at the traffic and no body was even caring to listen to his plight. People were ready to shell out change to small kids aged 15-20 and women carrying their babies in their arms( who were physically 100 % fit + fine yet begging ), but no one even cared for this old man who is almost in the last quarter of his life , physically challenged yet struggling to make his life out of his own hardwork !!!
Then i thought i should reach out for him and perhaps help him out (may be buy him a meal for that day ,which not only fills his stomach but fills his heart , ) but somehow i couldnt dare to do that in front of my friends who were " jaane do yaaar !!! uska kismat tu kaise badal saktha hai "??, then i thought shaayad uska kismat badal nahi sakte par uska din tho badal sakte hai na ??? (buying him a meal and talking to him for probably just 10 minutes would have comforted him with a feeling that there is somebody to take care of him atleast for a day ))i thought for a while , wanted to get down and atleast give him some money which could buy him a meal... but no i didnt do it .... my ego stopped me from doing that while i was with my friends ......
and thats the reason why i think i dont know the meaning of compassion and humanity .......
just think of this guys ..... dont encourage children (aged 10-20 ) who are turning beggars on the roads ... encourage ppl like these who are trying to EARN their living by doing something.
and dont encourage women who carry babies in their arms ....... they are physically fit and fine !!!! when an old man who was almost in the last quarter of life could earn his living why cant these so called beggars do this ????
Its not just the duty of govt or duty of MCH to eliminate beggars in Indian cities ....
if we stop encouraging beggars they would surely look our for their own way of living .....
Well these are my thoughts,i felt like sharing ..........
comments and counterviews accepted ....
well these are the words to which i thought i knew the meanings pretty well .... hmmm.. i thought i was humane enough to be a human ! but wait let me confess .... no i am not humane enough to be a human ......( confession date : SEPTEMBER 23 ,confession time : AT THIS UN EARTHLY HOUR 1:55 AM)
well how many of you reading this blog have felt that jolt in the stomach when u saw a begger who is physically disabled on the street struggling for his daily bread ?? to be honest i might have felt pity many a times but not as much as i felt today when i saw an OLD MAN struggling for his existence on this planet.
It was a hot sunny afternoon when i was in the car with some of my friends , we were struggling to make our way out in the hyderabadi traffic in hot sun ,stopping at traffic junctions ,cursing the heat,cursing the traffic ,cursing the autowalas who were performing super duper stunts with their Hummer's ( hyderabadi autos ) . We noticed many beggers as usual at many traffic junctions but i never cared for them but at patny junction i couldnt stop my self from looking at an Old man ( no no dont think " an old man who was begging" ) who was struggling to earn his bread for that day.
Let me describe him , he was aged 60+, clothing just enough to cover himself ( shabby and rugged) and he didnt have one arm.
He was trying to sell one of those johnson and johnson ear buds packet to everyone stopping at the traffic and no body was even caring to listen to his plight. People were ready to shell out change to small kids aged 15-20 and women carrying their babies in their arms( who were physically 100 % fit + fine yet begging ), but no one even cared for this old man who is almost in the last quarter of his life , physically challenged yet struggling to make his life out of his own hardwork !!!
Then i thought i should reach out for him and perhaps help him out (may be buy him a meal for that day ,which not only fills his stomach but fills his heart , ) but somehow i couldnt dare to do that in front of my friends who were " jaane do yaaar !!! uska kismat tu kaise badal saktha hai "??, then i thought shaayad uska kismat badal nahi sakte par uska din tho badal sakte hai na ??? (buying him a meal and talking to him for probably just 10 minutes would have comforted him with a feeling that there is somebody to take care of him atleast for a day ))i thought for a while , wanted to get down and atleast give him some money which could buy him a meal... but no i didnt do it .... my ego stopped me from doing that while i was with my friends ......
and thats the reason why i think i dont know the meaning of compassion and humanity .......
just think of this guys ..... dont encourage children (aged 10-20 ) who are turning beggars on the roads ... encourage ppl like these who are trying to EARN their living by doing something.
and dont encourage women who carry babies in their arms ....... they are physically fit and fine !!!! when an old man who was almost in the last quarter of life could earn his living why cant these so called beggars do this ????
Its not just the duty of govt or duty of MCH to eliminate beggars in Indian cities ....
if we stop encouraging beggars they would surely look our for their own way of living .....
Well these are my thoughts,i felt like sharing ..........
comments and counterviews accepted ....
posted by Surya @ 1:27 PM
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