I have been staying in Chennai since mid May. I had plans that if a good job offer came my way in Chennai I would settle down in Chennai. Chennai looked very inviting when I came.
It is a fun place to live in. it is very high tech when technology and facilities are concerned.
But the reason why I can’t make Chennai my home is because; I am a person with a soft heart. I can’t bear to see children suffering. I have the urge to do something about it.
Last week I was drinking juice at an eatery near my institute, that’s when I came to see 2 kids, age around 4 and 7. They looked like brothers and they were sharing a meal of curd rice. The quantities of food look too little for them. They were not wearing any footwear, and their clothes seem to be very dirty and torn. It could be that they could only afford just one plate of curd rice. It was a morning and I think they should be at school, but instead they are out, probably working.
When I saw that I felt very sorry, but I still left. My mind was filled with memories of that scene. Then I regretted, I could have paid for their meal. But if I did that I would make them beggars.
Speaking of beggars, a few weeks back when I was coming back to Chennai after attending a funeral at my native place, the bus stopped at Chidambram. I saw little children ages from 4 up, were begging for money. I was seated in the bus watching the scene of the children saying “please donate; I have no money to eat”. Then one girl made her way up the bus and even touched my feet asking for donation. I could not resist and I donated her 10Rs, then a few others crowded around me and I had to spend about 100Rs total. Then as my bus started to leave I saw the first girl again, she was crying. When I looked around, there was her brother, he had beaten her and took the 10Rs from her. Could this be the same scene at their home when the parents would beat them and take the daily collection from them?
when i used to watch India from my cable TV channel prospective from Singapore, i see all the movie celebrities talking about hungry kids in Somalia. In India we need not look any further, just step in to some restaurants in Chennai, most table cleaners are these education deprived kids.
Lets clear the mess in our country before we show compassion towards the more under privileged.
I support actor Surya for his efforts with Agaram Foundation.
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@richa: sounds interesting. i will get back to u when i get some time in my hands.
i readur comment on chennaiguide blog.. if ur lookin for godo falafel, check out cedarsi n kottupuram, cornocopia in cenatoph road and there are lot more places too.. u can chek out chennai.burrp.com..seem to be a foodie... and a gr8 writer.. u can read/write reviews there!
happy blogging!
adding u to my blogroll :)
@sansmerci: thanks, i will add you to my blog roll too.
thanks for ur comment on my blog .. don get bored in chennai u can read reviews on burrp and kno the places of hang-out.. they have an event page too u can kno wats happening where everyday and schedule ur free time
hope to c u r reviews on burrp too :)
@Sansmerci : Thanks i will do that.
vasan, this is very hurtful to see such things happening in our Bharat Mata. It just seems to me that the news on Zee TV always only focuses either on politics, Bollywood etc. Its a good thing there are people out there who want to help this poor kids. One of them is my distant relative/uncle Shashi Rai who has opened a foundation in India to help get these kids off the streets and equip them with skills to live a better life.
Tonight, before I go to bed my prayers to God will not be for myself and my family only. I will pray for these kids.
@arvind: dude, you should give me some info about his work and maybe i could channel some help to him.
So true..its extremly sad to these things happen.
There is actually a gang that controls some of these beggars, especially the ones who stand at signals with babies in their arms..the gang drugs the babies and makes women carry them and beg and at the end of the day the take all the money from them...heartbreaking..
its nice to see ppl stand up n take notice of such things most of us conveniently ignore!
Hi ,
I was reading ur blog posts and found some of them to be very good.. u write well.. Why don't you popularize it more.. ur posts on ur blog ‘Singaporean Indian’ took my particular attention as some of them are interesting topics of mine too;
BTW I help out some ex-IIMA guys who with another batch mate run www.rambhai.com where you can post links to your most loved blog-posts. Rambhai was the chaiwala at IIMA and it is a site where users can themselves share links to blog posts etc and other can find and vote on them. The best make it to the homepage!
This way you can reach out to rambhai readers some of whom could become your ardent fans.. who knows.. :)
Cheers,
aww... thats so sad to see kids suffering, unbearable, really.
Lemonade: Maybe we need to fight fire with fire. maybe let the police create a gang to get rid of this gangs behind child labor.
gunj: i am glad i have informed a few ppl, this numbers will increase and maybe it will reach the people who can make a change.
@ray: i am considering your offer, thanks.
lena:The world can be a better place if we take notice to all the pain and suffering around us. a positive change will come. after all we are humans.
It pains me a lot too. The world's resources are too less as We are too many. Besides that, to quote Gandhiji: " There may be enough for everyone's need but never enough for even one man's greed "
@YOSEE: well said!
Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your older articles are not as good as newer ones you have a lot more creativity and originality now keep it up!
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