" India needs an answer", Mr. Prime minister thundered the noisy and the now famous Arnab Goswami. The growth rate has come down from 8.2% to 5%, and nobody seems to bother. "India needs to know", came his voice again.
When Arnab is fighting for the country's economy, in a remote village in an unknown part of the country 6 children went back to sleep without food. Their mother died when she was just 32 years old after fighting severe Jaundice. Their father had ran away with some body else. The eldest of the children, a small girl of 16 looks after 5 of her siblings, the youngest being 2 years old. The villagers, if,and only if, they have some extra rice give these kids that extra rice. Whatever food available is cooked and first given to the youngest and if, again I say IF, there is any extra left after the first 5 have had theirs, eldest sister has her food.
When some humble souls went visiting them, to do whatever they could, one of the children said with a smile "Uncle, the next house also has some children who don't have any food; can you do some thing for them too? "
That my dear friends is what the real India is all about. 'Food', the bloody 'FOOD' which i waste so many times, which i take for granted that every night i open my kitchen there it is, every single time;
Those 6 children are not alone. There are hundreds and thousands of them in this country. And all they want is Food. They don't care one hoot about Narendra Modi or Rahul Gandhi. Manmohan Singh is just another Singh. And Arnab Goswami? Arnab kya?
Well, reality some times stare back at you!
Well, reality some times stare back at you!
1 comment:
We know this for generations! So, what do we do with the extra food in the kitchen. Can somebody organize a big collect the things in your fridge drive in every city/town?
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