prologue: how will you feel if a little kid is being tortured in front of your own eyes???? here is a similar story.
story: It was the time when the sun peeps out of the purple headed mountains, acquainting the roosters to "cockadoodledooo!!!!" thereby awakening the sleepy inhabitants up to the real world. When the people were slowly waking up and making themselves ready to execute their monotonous work , there slept a little lad who was carried away by his endless dreams. In his dictionary, the word "sleep" means " luxury" the one which does not find a place in his regular routine.
"There he lays.... on the floor", one said
"yeah but look at his tattered dirty clothes. He must be cold. Poor boy!!!!" exclaimed the other
"he works hard for his living and yet finds it extremely hard to survive"commented the third.
By this time, the sun started to rise up and its slanting rays flashed at Kailesh's face. He slowly came out of his never ending dreams and opened his hazel colored eyes. As he started to glare at the sky, he started to think about himself.
about the lad: His name is kailesh. His parents were living in a village. They sent him to a town to acquire his basic education. In order to take care of his basic needs, he desperately searched for a job. Finally, he got one at a petrol bunk. His job is to fill the vehicle's tyres with air. He visits his parents once a year and finds it difficult even to post a letter to them.
Just then a stout, self centered ragamuffin began to kick him. "wake up you lackadaisical brat!!!"
people who were passing the street felt bad for kailesh as he was treated badly.
epilogue:
this is not an imaginary scene.... some children are treated badly by the evil, life sucking ones . Here is one similar story which happened in front of my own eyes. Last week i went to a nearby petrol bank to fill the fuel tank of my vehicle.
There, i saw a small boy at a corner, filling the tyres of all the vehicles with air... working as hard as he ever could.
A man saw him working hard and felt sorry for the little lad and gave a tip. The boy's face was filled with happiness and then i could see that his joy faded suddenly. He rejected the money with a sad face. The man persuaded him to accept his tip but the boy was stubborn.
Then another uncle came to that spot. He was standing a few blocks away from the air machine. The boy gently pulled the air tube towards the vehicle.
Then all of a sudden, the owner of the bunk entered the spot with ferocious eyes that I thought he has come to kill the boy!!! the owner came closer and he spank the boy on his head so hard the boy fell down to the ground. i heard the owner saying these words, " evlo dahdava sonnen indha mari pannadha nu.... ask the man to come front idiot!!! dont pull the tube towards him! do you understand me???"
The people who were witnessing this scene felt sorry for the boy and the man came closer to the machine feeling guilty. The boy was about to cry.
what is this??? can you see whats going on here?? did you see the way in which that boy is being tortured by the owner???? he is facing the same fate as that of kailesh!!! we must put an end to this. so i request my blog readers to suggest some measures which can be taken by us to punish all heartless people like that owner.
2 comments:
Excellent piece!! short, crisp and to the point. best story i ve read so far in a blog that is as meaningful as this. the description of the scenary in the story is v.good!keep writing more :)
coming to the issue, its extremely saddening to note the ill treatment of children everyday in this world. more saddening is the fact that,we witness them without being able to help.perhaps, as you say, we dont have a clue on how to help. Sometimes interference can result in even worse consequences for these kids if one does not follow up on their notion of help properly.Its a cruel world out there. not everyone is priviledged to be born with a spoon on their mouth. some ppl have to fight hard and tough to survive. and those who try hard enough, do come up.thats the bottomline.
No matter how many children homes set up,realistically they can only benefit a mere handful of kids.
providing money for the day doesnt help much.more valuable is providing a means of livelihood and basic education for them to sustain better. what every person can do at the minimum,according to me, is perhaps, give support or offer words of encouragement/praise to these kids when we meet them, which 'll strengthen them to continue their battle with more confidence.
ps: check the names of the charater . is it salim /kailash??
rt all salims are once kailashs only
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