Little Angels..

Hi Friends,

Hope you guys are having a rocking life..Some of you busy earning, some busy spending, and some studying hard to earn lots (that includes me)……MONEY…the factor that runs life today….Here in the photo with me are two kids who are also part of this great money race… The only difference being they do it to survive and we, to have a comfortable life……..

They are my angels…a smile of theirs brings a smile on many faces including mine. It is circumstance that leads man to do what he does….poverty being the biggest of these. Most of us are privileged to have been born at homes where our needs were duly taken care of, we have often been bestowed much more than what we needed. We, my dear  friends were lucky, but not all in the world are as lucky as us….

Born in a family of 6 or more, these kids have to work in their family business which includes tea stalls, dhabas, cobbling , rag picking etc ( my angels are tea vendors)…The rule of the stomach works here, each member works in his/her own capacity to have the basic necessities…..A simple meal of Roti and sabji to their fill every day is their only aim…..Ice creams, chocolates, pastries are like dreams to those little children who learn to work even before they learn to walk properly. While we relentlessly spend our money on our food craving, make faces at the food made at home, and throw away the food just because we couldn’t eat it, there are others who can hardly afford one time meal, and have to go to bed with empty stomach.

Roti, Kapda, Makaan are the basic requirements of life. These people can hardly afford it to the fullest….A borderline living like theirs leads to deficiency, malnutrition, hygiene related issues etc…. When we while our time to select branded clothes at the malls these kids 1/4th our age wear donated clothes and toil all day long…Why don’t we buy them new clothes instead?? Why don’t we go and make them understand the worth of education? Why don’t we offer them a good meal? Why don’t we say a few good words to them? WHY??? Are we too sacred to take the challenge or do we think that it would end up being a liability?? Just do whatever little you can do…..

A few of us have taken the first step, by teaching these kids daily, and are planning on funding their future education with our money… Hope the parents stay convinced because they would lose the working hands if the kids go to school  ( it is not that they do not want their children educated, its their struggle to earn that makes them think so)…..I request all my friends to look around, how many such kids live around you? Start an initiative in your own way, Believe me there is no joy bigger than the pleasure of watching them learn…They are angels from heaven, giving us a chance to be better humans….

Hoping that we shall all pave the way for a Better India….This is me watching an India of change from my Satrangee Parachute……