(foto @ the mother teresa's orphanage mission)
August 15th
Probably the most memorable day in Indian history ...but for me it was something more than memorable ...
I thought it was gonna be very normal day (i mean the same old hangouts and raise hell scenario) until shriya called up and gave me this idea of visiting an orphanage .. sounded pretty interesting and a program with a "cause"... after a lousy and long discussion , me , shriya , srilu and sushma reddy decided 2 head to Mother Teresa's Sisters for the Poor orphanage home@secunderabad ...
v thought v prolly wud distribute a few stuffz among the kids , spend bout 30 mins and come out ...so v took a big bunch of crayon sets , pens , books and old clothes ..
But u wudnt believe what we wer heading 4
Basically v went with a very straight mind set... v never knew what an orphanage mission wud be like..
So the 4 us met @ shankarmuth in the morning (after having collected funds from frnz !!) and left for the mission ..
Now the mission was very happy and peaceful place from outside . v met one of the sisters there and left our belongings and the clothes that v brought ...then v passed thru this small corridor kind of place and entered the inner portion of the
mission where the children were eagerly waitin 4 the sight of human faces
(And that was it !!!!!!!)
as soon as v entered , a bunch of 10 children with extreme glee on their faces (their happiness couldve brought a mountain down) came dashing towards us to just get a feeling that v wer people who've come to meet them ... then came in the whole
crowd ( about 25 students ) with their greasy faces suddenly fantasising into immortal bliss....they reacted as if they had
seen something miraculous as v 4 stood witnessing the pathetic atmosphere in which they were dwelling .The place was very
badly maintained . lack of cleanliness to say the least ... but im sure u wudnt notice that cuz u had a whole group of over
joyous kids waiting for the slightest of grace wich u wud shower .. the roar of content and joy was golden . They wer really glad to see us .
There wer all sorts of people there . a few mentally ill , a few physically constraint , a few in a very bad shape .. the
place had all sorts of students belonging to probably the lowest status u cud think of .. but as soon as they saw us , they
totally forgot about their physical constraints .. they just ran onto us ...
V dinno where to start from and what to start with (the situation was "when happiness meets confusion")..so v decided to play
with them for sometime .. v played the conventional train games , the merry go round etc ...
Then v asked them to sing a song for us .. and my lord .. the excitement was off the hook ...it was as if they were waitin to a get a word out of throat for years .. they sang manny songs and there was no end to it .even the onez who couldnt speak were trying to sing. their spirit , their liveliness
...god jesus knows what it was like
Then v started spending time with them .. like 5 students stood beside me and told me their names , what they liked to do etc. same was the case with the others . srilu , shriya and sushma also had a very touching conversation with the kids .
v learnt from the students that they needed people to take care of them . hardly a handful people visited that orphanage ( imagine on Independance day no one came to see them ) they just needed a sight of the world thru human eyes . they wanted to live the world normal humans wud live . the point was they needed a human hand to guide them . they needed love and support from us .. everyone thrived for support ..their eyes spoke more than their lips .. their pitiable condition moved us .
then v decided to teach them how to draw very basic elements like various fruits , indian flag etc .. all the little artists took the crayons that v bought and started sketching ... it was a sight that wud even melt da vinci ...
Then v entertained the crowd . srilu with her traditional dance , me with my over shaky body and shriya with her stupid and funny actions tried 2 please the already happy and satisfied crowd . their euphoriant faces made us feel proud . then v
distributed the remaining gifts to them and bid farewell to probably what was the best afternoon that i ever spent . their enthusiastic faces suddenly came 2 a crushing sadness as v said goodbye . v never wanted 2 leave the place and they never
wanted us 2 leave ...
But more than all this it was the feeling that left its mark .. i mean look at ur face in the mirror man ..u've gotta posh 200 square feet bedroom , all the latest GenX facilities , liberty to rule ur world and most of all 2 loving parents who wud
sacrifice every single penny on u ... but on the other side of the coin u hv people who dont even hv a mouse hole 2 possess
who dont hv even a proper daily requirement (genx facilites tho door ki baat hai) . i mean u go around with ur frnz and
hangout , enjoy , hv fun and end ur day on a high . but there are people in this world dude who need ur support . Try to help
the needy .. this mite be a small step by a man , but it definitely wud be a great leap for humanity . do whatever u can . even a single cent is enuff if u have the heart to do it ..this mite sound very stupid to u but u dont know what feeling of happiness u get within urself . "Service to mankind is service to God" is a very popular saying . but do u think ur following it ? i ges i made my point . this is a very mild plea to all the people across the 7 continents.Atleast stand up for the ones who need u
"JOIN HANDS IN THIS VERY HUMBLE AND HONEST EFFORT TOWARDS HUMANITY . I HAVE BEGUN MY PART , HAVE U ?"
