It was like a real boring trip to Nagpur this time...where I had absolutely nothing to do...sleeping early,and getting up late was my routine....
It was just a regular day when i woke up and sat online.Hardly had it been five minutes when I sat,I saw all my school friends online discussing on a small reunion...one of our friend suggested to visit our school once and discuss the same with our school principal.
It was 8.00 in the morning when I woke up the next day,wondering how I woke up so early...but then it struck me that I had to go to school that day and so i hurried. on reaching school i realized that my friend hadn't reached.I parked my bike and the flashbacks of my childhood started to glimmer...and i started walking slowly towards the office....and those unlimited schooldays and the innocence we had..
soon we were done with the meeting and got permission for the re-union....
I got back home with a hope of a reunion of our batch, as we had received the permission but it was not officially announced yet.....
How a small child is born and then it learns how to talk,learn,behave,and so many other things in life with the parents supporting him....he is completely unaware of the rules and regulations of the big,big world out there and similarly he is least bothered and busy doing what he wants.
It was steaming hot outside and I was waiting for the sun to disappear when my friend called up and asked me to meet up because she wanted to take me somewhere,a place she had been visiting for a year now...I agreed as I had nothing better to do...
I got ready and met her. She took me to a place where there was an old building and a ground in front of it where children were playing....I understood at the very moment that I was in an orphanage. It was an orphanage where my friend,nishita,taught for the lead India campaign.The first thing i observed on reaching, was that all the children gathered around and started talking to her...later they switched to me asking what my name was and what do i do etc...
The fact that I can't deny is the children in orphanage are so very affable than the other children.Out of the huge lot there was a boy named shankar who was barely in his 6th standard now he walked up to me and told that he wanted to become a Computer Engineer.I saw that there was a shine in his eyes of how badly he wanted to become an Engineer.There had been nobody to support him as a fmaily but still he had this aim to fulfill.As a child he had the required innocence in him but at the same time the maturity of what he wanted to become. I remembered the morning trip to my school,its so different out there....we have children who are getting ready to face the competition outside with the help of parents guiding them as i am doing now.on the contrary we have these orphans who have these aims for which its only them who can shape and implement it.I observed those children were so enthusiastic and full of content but with no strong support around them.
Later in the evening i also went to this park called as Traffic Park.This park was special park with arrangements teaching children the traffic rules of the road. I saw there were mock signals and roads made in the park.I could also see parents guiding their children in how to ride a bicycle and follow the rules at the same time.
I started relating this park to what I had witnessed the same morning. How the bicycle of life leads us to a way and we have parents guiding us for everything and we learn the traffic rules and how to follow them. But in this rush to learn the traffic rules do we have time to think about the people around us who barely know these rules but are struggling to get into the traffic to prove themselves and give themselves a better end to the road they are traveling on,because in a world like us there can barely be any one who can let in the Human Traffic without those rules being followed.....??thoughts rolled over in my mind while i watched the children play.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
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