Inspiration
Very recently I was travelling to Kolkata, and the condition of trains there is not hidden from anyone. So I was just trying to take a nap in the sub continental heat of almost a half century. Here came this kid with one leg, begging for alms. With all due respect to everyone’s thinking I don’t actually believe in this practice of begging and donation. So I shushed the kid, thinking what would happen to this kid. There are millions like him, who either beg or choose the wrong professions. Most go unnoticed. I too knew I’ll be one of those people who’ll just cry over their pain for some time, but won’t do a thing. The train came to a half at the next station, where I could see that the kid jumped from the train, and crossed the tracks, limping, in one hand was the bag filled with pennies he could collect, and with the other hand, e balanced himself. Like every other lame kid in this great nation, He too might have got injured in his childhood, and lost his leg, or some brutal men who w...