(jai ma kali)
I BECAME DUMBSTRUCK
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Once, while I was standing in a queue to cop a ticket at a movie theatre, I saw a well-dressesd chap of 12or 13,holding a polythene bag in his hand. He was trying to convince something with his hand gestures a man standing next to me. The man, willy-nilly,dished out a Rs 10 note from his wallet and put it into the polythene bag. I realised that the chap could not speak.
He then approached me with a charming smile. Gesticulating at something on the other side of the road, he hefted the bag. I could see some Rs 10 and 20 notes in it. Though I could not comprehend what he was trying to say or pointing to, yet I too dropped a Rs 10 note in the bag. Beaming, he then went on to the next person. Almost everyone gave him a Rs 10 or 20 because he looked quite decent and well behaved. I noticed that there were only Rs 10 or 20 notes in the bag.
Thanking with smile, he then crossed the road. Everyone was observing him with curiosity.He took out a 20 note from his pocket
and inserting it in the bag, gave it to a physically handicapped old woman squatting on the footpath on the other side of the road. Her face lit up and copious tears trickled down her wrinkled cheeks with gratitude. The chap then walked away gracefully. I was totally dumbstruck. So were all present there.
Needless to sat that the chap's action taught everyone of us something to ponder about the way we treat those who are helpless and hapless !!
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=Devendra Srivastava=
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I BECAME DUMBSTRUCK
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Once, while I was standing in a queue to cop a ticket at a movie theatre, I saw a well-dressesd chap of 12or 13,holding a polythene bag in his hand. He was trying to convince something with his hand gestures a man standing next to me. The man, willy-nilly,dished out a Rs 10 note from his wallet and put it into the polythene bag. I realised that the chap could not speak.
He then approached me with a charming smile. Gesticulating at something on the other side of the road, he hefted the bag. I could see some Rs 10 and 20 notes in it. Though I could not comprehend what he was trying to say or pointing to, yet I too dropped a Rs 10 note in the bag. Beaming, he then went on to the next person. Almost everyone gave him a Rs 10 or 20 because he looked quite decent and well behaved. I noticed that there were only Rs 10 or 20 notes in the bag.
Thanking with smile, he then crossed the road. Everyone was observing him with curiosity.He took out a 20 note from his pocket
and inserting it in the bag, gave it to a physically handicapped old woman squatting on the footpath on the other side of the road. Her face lit up and copious tears trickled down her wrinkled cheeks with gratitude. The chap then walked away gracefully. I was totally dumbstruck. So were all present there.
Needless to sat that the chap's action taught everyone of us something to ponder about the way we treat those who are helpless and hapless !!
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=Devendra Srivastava=
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