It was 11:30 at night when i was in the office. Had just finished with my work, and was wrapping up to go to home. Was so tired that desperately wanted to have a nice sleep.
Packed everything and went upstairs to grab something to eat, bought one pizza (imagine a pizza at 12 midnight!!!) . But unfortunately i dint like it, and threw it in a dustbin. Then changed my plans and decided to have a maggi at home.
While my way back home, i stopped at a signal, there was this small boy semi naked, cleaning my bike at 12:20 a.m.
He had something in him, i swear i have seen many boys like him who pretend to be wiping the the bike, but they dont actually do, but none of them did it the way he did.
His name was Imtiaz, I offered him 2 rs., he refused, and asked for 5, i asked why u need 5 , he said he wants to eat samosa.
I was touched deeply, i asked him you can get 4-5 more people from whom you can collect 2-2 rs. and ultimately get 10 rs. for two samosas, why was he wasting his time on me.
He said that he had done a good job for me, and thought that he deserved 5 rs., and i can say he was right.
I asked him to hop up on my bike, i took him for a ride, both of us ate samosas, and my plans for the maggi were ruined :)
Kidding, in fact it was a better treat than a samosa, and guess what, he paid for his samosas, and i paid for mine.
Havent seen someone with such integrity for quite a while in life.
I wished i had a longer stay here at hyderabad so that could help that guy in some way to earn a good living, but will have to go back to that shankrapally village.
At present also i am thinking of that guy only that how can i help him, money wont be the solution i guess, it wud be, but must be channelised properly.
Just wish that i can find a way to help him.
Please suggest if you have any, that is feasible.
hey...felt nice after reading ur post....yes, indeed it happens very rarely when u connect with some one at an entirely different level which is difficult to explain....in this pseudo world when we find someone genuine we cant forget them because deep inside our heart we still long for that lost genuineness and innocence... that little boy showed he will earn through his hard-work and he will find his way..
ReplyDeleteits really nice to see that u hv sketch it down ur real lyf experience which i found vry sensitive and a matter of concern. other thing i like abt dis blog is ur intention to care minute things of lyf and live it in a simple way.......
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hey.. its a nice experience..feeling very touched after reading this.. nd ya its very genuine nd nice f u to have such a gud feeling for d boy.. usually we came across many kids like dis in trains, signals nd all.. but wat matters is who stops nd giv a thought to them ! neways may d little honest boy have a happy life ahead ..
ReplyDeleteNice blog..and a nice thought too of taking d boy along wid u instead of tossing a coin...
ReplyDeleteits very touching aseem i knw once u have determined to help him u will surely do it...the best part is dat he had the guts to ask u for wat he think he deserved:)
ReplyDeleteA6a anubhav tha... Aur usase bhi a6a tumane jo kiya vo aur jo tum karne ki ikscha rakhate ho vo... :)
ReplyDeleteIt's nice!!! Liked it...
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