Yesterday I traveled from my residence to a mall. I took a bath and had a cup of tea. I went down to car and drove out. On the way there were some traffic jams and eventually I was stuck in that too. I saw a kid coming towards me. He knocked on my window saying " Bahut din se kuch nahi khaya" means I haven't eaten anything for the last many days. I gave him some money and he went away saying "Aaj mein jaleebi khaunga" means I will have Jaleebi today. Jaleebi is a type of sweet found in India. Traditional sweet I should say.I reached mall walked around for a while. Then I bought a cup of coffee and sat on a couch. I started to think about the kid I saw in the traffic. I was curious. I saw some kids in the mall who were having bag full of everything they want in their hands. That kid even cannot have his needs. I kept on thinking about that kid. I felt sorry for him.
I head out of the mall and I took the same route from where I came. I stopped in a traffic light. I saw some people where getting ready to sleep. They were not sleeping on the bed inside a room. They were getting ready to sleep under the bridge and there was no bed, there was only the hard rocky ground. There were people of all ages. Old, young, kids and even infants too.
I am not telling you that I can help them all. I can't help them I admit that. Who is going to help them? I also admit that India has developed in many ways but still we see homeless people around the corner of every streets. Not only India, this World has developed in many areas, we have walked on the moon and everything etc. but still there are homeless people. They don't have any opportunities. Who will be responsible for that? Should we pray to God for them?
