Friday, November 28, 2008
Mr. kid
hey sir... can u give me a dime ?i want some food ... m hungry ... u know i gethungry ... dont u ? You're six feet ... standing with a cigar in hand...blowing smoke...wasting five bucks on a fag ... can't u giv me two rupees ...to fill me?No no... i wil buy food .. i won't give it to my drug addicted dad ... he's out anyway from the stash ... Anyways... as i was saying ..look at you ..with your college dress and your shiny face.... standing tall...with a smiling face... and here i am ..All small and insignificant ...a losing race... yeah you're happy ... you seem happy ..there's nothing wrong in bein happy ...i want to be happy too ..u knw... can i ? you know everyday ... i see you guys walking out ...with your books and friends ...and complaining about life.. and saying maybe its a waste... a life for rent... i know am small ... but sir... u are lucky you know... to be standing tall...with all you got ....someday i'l b like u too ...i want to learn and join your college too...i sweep floors now... and do random chores... i'l make something of myself... am just 9 ...i still got time... look at me... with my tattered clothes and dusty hair... bare feet ... i still got a smiling face... one day i'll join school...now sir... will you give me those two bucks..i just cant wait ... i promise i wont give it to dad ... oh look ... there's your car ...ul leave soon... its time to go ..u know...i don't steal... will someone teach me to write or read ? can i be like all of you sir ... ? someday ..i promise...i don't lie... i'm hungry ..i want to eat .. please sir... please...i'l even wash your car ... just give me some money ... i'll touch your feet ... sir you stand six feet tall ..with a cigar in hand.. i'm not even half your size... i respect you sir... please... please give me some money ... i will buy food... i promise... i'm hungry .... Can i ask you something sir ?I want to learn... will someone give me a chance ? i know u can help ... please sir please.. you guys are the best ... i am honest ... i may have bare feet ... can i be like u people someday sir ? in clean clothes...but rite now... i just want to eat ...just two rupees wil do ..pls sir ..pls ..
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its not easy to change reality...if u knw what i mean..
yeah ..i know... met two kids yesterday ..one..when i ws entering college ... a school kid asked for my phone...to call his mom..he ws well versed in english ...seemed smart polite courteous ....had a good life... then when i was leaving college ... outside..smoking a fag ..this street child...almost the same age... as the 1st one..comes up..and the thing i notice about him..is his courage..he smiles..seems happy...he isn't ashamed to be asking for money...asks for it politely ..he knows he's poor..but that doesn't make him sad... it seemed he still has hope that maybe he'll have a decent life someday you know... maybe this country needs to do more .... and the responsibility for changing such pathetic reality should fall on people like you and me....telling u man... some of these little kids... r d most courageous ...they aint sad..they aint malicious at the world ..dats wats great about them .....
I think you have highlighted a deep rooted problem with the human race....the inequality and the great divide..... economic divide which brings along with it the malices and curses... but say what, the heart that feels for the downtrodden for what they are and not for what they are not are the harbingers of change... most of the "have not" s will accept this as their fate or destiny...what is needed is the drive to let them know their rights...what they deserve and what they can become...
by the way...I think education and food should be made free for all people....say what???
They have granted their miseries...like the way rich people flaunt...glorify themselves...
@krishanu..
surely these kids need to be
made realized ..that they can become something ... all they need is a bit of support from society ...and yes.financial support is needed indeed..as much as guidance.. poor kids wont go about spitting ,stealing ...if they think they can be something...someone... if they think that they matter..that they havn't been deserted...no one is born evil after all .........n for kids there is always hope...there should be............
about free education and food ...
this is India... lot lot more needs to be done... but its not impossible... just needs concerted
efforts from a multitude of people..public opinion has to change... n change can only be brought about or rather is much easily brought about by the younger generation in this country .
and again sadly...I fail.... I have always been one of the most irresponsible citizens of this country... I am one of those who put their own existence before everything...personal happiness above all the happenings around... I can hardly bring the change or be a part of it....
I apologize...mother India...forgive me....
okay ...fair enuf.... no one really has done anything in here ...i cnt call myself a responsible citizen...i havnt done anythin jus lik u ... but no harm in hoping in trying i guess..
thanks 4ur comment .
This uncanny sense of confidence and happiness without having anything is may be Gods way of striking a balance. I am selective about giving money to beggars, old, physically/mentally challenged or too small. One time an old lady asked for 2 rupees to buy some food, I gave her 10... she was elated... that moment was worth every paise and more. Few small insignificant things can be priceless...
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