Talking of True Love & Mothers' Day, here's an account of a true incident which took place on the 19th of June 2006, where, forget about the real thing, even fake love was missing! A story about a helpless motherly figure who discovered that day that the world as she had imagined, was finally coming to an end...well, almost. Here i am putting up the exact text of the narration which i had written on that day."It happened this morning... Just as i was passing the Trade Star building on the Andheri-Kurla road on my way to office.
"As usual, the traffic was HEAVY!!! And it was agonizingly slow. Slow, yet ferocious, 'coz none was willing to wait for a second longer than he ought to... & none wanted to give even an inch to the desperate road crossers. It seemed as if not even the most supple-bodied athlete could cross that surging monster river of vehicles.
"Yet... quite miraculously... (& HATS OFF to those skillful wonders!!!), the typical upwardly mobile, tied & suited, executive Indian youth, was managing to sail through it. One... two... three. Hop... skip... jump...Oh! he's on the other side!
"CONGRATULATIONS!!!
"But in the midst of all the free-flowing young bloods, a senior lady, half-bent by her age & poverty, too was trying the same endeavor. And obviously she wasn't meeting with any success. She knew for a fact that she wasn't going to get to the other side on her own. So she looked around expectantly for some helping hand. But there weren't any forthcoming, 'coz everyone else was too busy catching up on lost ground in the RAT RACE!!!
"Such was her fright of the traffic... & such was her plight, that it brought tears to her eyes! She waited helplessly on the divider for about 15 minutes. Those 15 minutes, which seemed longer than 15 eons!
"Finally, help arrived in the form of another young lady. Just a hand to hold. Just someone to give her the confidence that she wasn't alone. That was all the senior needed to cross the three bursting lanes!
"As soon as they got to the other side, the most unexpected thing happened. The old lady did the unthinkable and seemingly impossible! She bent her already crouched body further, lay down on her front side & touched the young woman's feet with her forehead!!! Trust me dear ones, when i say that the visual was nothing short of heart-rending.
"And although her act may have been spontaneous & full of gratitude to the younger one's kindness, embarrassment was writ large on the "youth's" face. And her head hung in shame. That act of instinctive appreciation was the most befitting response to the Indian youth's increasing insensitivity to human values. A slap across our faces!!!
"Wake up guys, we're HUMANS. Not RATS!!! Please let's deserve what we achieve!"
"As usual, the traffic was HEAVY!!! And it was agonizingly slow. Slow, yet ferocious, 'coz none was willing to wait for a second longer than he ought to... & none wanted to give even an inch to the desperate road crossers. It seemed as if not even the most supple-bodied athlete could cross that surging monster river of vehicles.
"Yet... quite miraculously... (& HATS OFF to those skillful wonders!!!), the typical upwardly mobile, tied & suited, executive Indian youth, was managing to sail through it. One... two... three. Hop... skip... jump...Oh! he's on the other side!
"CONGRATULATIONS!!!
"But in the midst of all the free-flowing young bloods, a senior lady, half-bent by her age & poverty, too was trying the same endeavor. And obviously she wasn't meeting with any success. She knew for a fact that she wasn't going to get to the other side on her own. So she looked around expectantly for some helping hand. But there weren't any forthcoming, 'coz everyone else was too busy catching up on lost ground in the RAT RACE!!!
"Such was her fright of the traffic... & such was her plight, that it brought tears to her eyes! She waited helplessly on the divider for about 15 minutes. Those 15 minutes, which seemed longer than 15 eons!
"Finally, help arrived in the form of another young lady. Just a hand to hold. Just someone to give her the confidence that she wasn't alone. That was all the senior needed to cross the three bursting lanes!
"As soon as they got to the other side, the most unexpected thing happened. The old lady did the unthinkable and seemingly impossible! She bent her already crouched body further, lay down on her front side & touched the young woman's feet with her forehead!!! Trust me dear ones, when i say that the visual was nothing short of heart-rending.
"And although her act may have been spontaneous & full of gratitude to the younger one's kindness, embarrassment was writ large on the "youth's" face. And her head hung in shame. That act of instinctive appreciation was the most befitting response to the Indian youth's increasing insensitivity to human values. A slap across our faces!!!
"Wake up guys, we're HUMANS. Not RATS!!! Please let's deserve what we achieve!"
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Let us not become so possessed,
Let us not be so blinded by our quest,
Let not our hearts be so dispossessed,
Let us destroy the phrase, "an unwelcome guest"
