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Monday, June 30, 2008

a fictious encounter??

He was walking back to his home after spending about half n hour in the internet cafe that is about 1 km away from his home...It was 10pm..and the markets in the vicinity had almost shut down..except for the tea shop/bakery on the main road..it all seemed so dead and lonely...so very different from 9.30pm when it was abuzz with life....the old airport opposite the road was also almost as dead as a graveyard is but just a little more green..

he had just reached infront of the tea shop, that he felt a tug on his shirt...he stopped and thought..what the hell..and looked back..there was a little boy of about 6-7 yrs in age, with a look of innocence and a sparkle in his eyes...and the kid then said.."Please buy me some food for my little bro there"...he looked up in the direction the kid was pointing at...a lady with an infant in her arms was standing there...she wanted to say something..but she couldnt...the infant was crying..and she was trying to rock the infant so that it should stop crying....the kid then said.."we came here from a small city and we have been betrayed and stranded here..all our money is gone and my little bro is hungry...please dont give me money but do buy some food for him"...

he looked up again...at the lady holding the infant...her eyes were pleading and she was hoping that someone would help them out...he was confused...whether he should give money...would it be the right thing to do or not...whether they would buy food or not...he was lost in his thoughts for a moment....."please...help us..."...the kid said it again....

He knew what he had to do..probably it was the right thing to do at that point of time....so he dived in his wallet and saw what he had...there was one Rs 500 note and a Rs 20 note.....he wished he had a Rs 50 to give to the kid...but then he took out the Rs 20 and gave it to the kid...and saw the kid run to the tea shop to buy something...he looked up and saw the lady smiling...still trying to soothe the infant....

and then he said to himself..."tomorrow should be a better day for them...amen"

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A Regular day in my job these days:

Go to office at 9am...lunch at 1.30/2 with colleagues...back to work...leave office at arnd 7.30pm...get back to the guest house by 7.45/8pm....have tea/cold coffee...relax for a while..watch some tv....8.30pm...head out for the daily evening jog...9.15pm go to the internet cafe...browse for a while...check mails..check blog..chat...9.40pm/9.50pm...leave the cafe( it closes at 10pm)...walk back to the guest house by 10pm...have diner..eat fruits...watch tv..read newspaper...and then doze off :)...and it repeats the next day :)

33 comments:

Lena said...

:)
i hope there will come more people like him in their way rather than then ones who betray..

maverick said...

@lena..even i hope so...

Gunjan Aylawadi said...

ofcoz they will hav better days ahead...thrz enough humanity in d world to help em!

maverick said...

@gunj....yep....i too hope that wht u ve said comes true ..

humbl devil said...

u have been tagged!!
will comment on the post later...gtg now...

maverick said...

@humble devil...will do the tag soon :)

ash89 said...

thats a beautiful post.

maverick said...

@ash89...well what do u think?was it fiction or real?

Anonymous said...

he did a good job... and hopefully...more people like him exist here!

Anonymous said...

hey i m sorry... i have been away for so long... just trying to read everyone out here .. lil by lil.. ;)

so hw r u ? hw is ti going for yu?!

so u r well adapted to the new place and the new job now :)

have a good day ahead ... have fun :)

maverick said...

@veens...even i hope more ppl like him exist....

im good...in hyderabad now...goin to mumbai tomm for 2 days...job is good enjoying myself...hope u r doing fine and on the way to recovery :)

lukkydivz said...

:) that was sweet :)

maverick said...

@divs..well i jus hope..he did the right thing :)

ash89 said...
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humbl devil said...

salut!!!

my friend...

:)

ash89 said...

it was real. oh btw... tht was a reely nice thing to do!

Mysterious Mia said...

good deed indeed

Keshi said...

so why is the title 'a fictitious encounter'?

Keshi.

maverick said...

@humble devil...aye aye captain :)

maverick said...

@ash....what was suppose to be done..was done :)

maverick said...

@anvita :)

maverick said...

@keshi...didnt want it be read as a self boasting post :)

Keshi said...

awww...Im v proud of ya!

Keshi.

maverick said...

@keshi..lol...really?

Dalicia said...

welcome to the working world :)
it's even harder to trust your co-workers..than your friend

The Seeker said...

That was a touching post! sometimes Little deeds of kindness means a lot! and that lil thing is missing!!!

and then he said to himself..."tomorrow should be a better day for them...amen"
The least we can do!!

maverick said...

@dalcia...well tht can be true at time :)

Unknown said...

Your day sounds like mine, minus the exercise and add about 4 hours of surfing facebook at work.

Solitaire said...

I think your day is quite productive. :)

maverick said...

@meghan..lol..u shud come jog with me then :D

maverick said...

@solitaire...well only in professional terms :)

maverick said...

@my musings...amen :)

IncorrigibleV said...

sounds tight...