Friday 8 June, 2007

life people live ...

right from the time i can remember the basic necessities of life have been food , clothing and shelter . what happens when these basic things are itself denied to an individual ? how does one survive?
this is how thousands of people live in india . yesterday was returning home and the bus was caught up in traffic (as usual) took a peek out of the window and there was this tiny hutment, exploding with people (you shoud ve seen the number of people living inside that tiny place) . the place was so tiny it could ve well been awarded the tiniest room of the world. there was an entire family surviving in that place . it just got me thinking how can a person survive ?
but then seems like they do and hell they manage to have a large number of kids :| . but then it really made me think . and it made me value what i have . i cant even imagine how hard life must be for them. i saw kids who were without proper clothes . i doubt what they must be eating to survive . they are probably never ever going to be educated . they were so malnourished . it was a really sorry sight . what they call their home was made out of plastic. i wonder how many days it would last. even in such a misery that they lived in i saw there was this small kid who was actually smiling totally unaware of all the difficulties life has in store for him . they were in a state of utter poverty.
i really have got most things on a platter. all the times i cribbed and cried for petty things , i dint realize how lucky i was. i never realized getting a meal a day was not as simple as it seemed. i need to thank my parents for making life seem so much easier. i realized the importance of just being able to survive. i think we just need to be really lucky to be what we are . even being able to stand on your two legs, being able to see , hear , speak is something we should be thankful for.
it just got me wondering if those people were really children of a lesser God!

9 comments:

Herat Acharya said...

u r absolutely rite.... We dont realize how much we have and yet we cry for more....... we shuld really learn from these guys .... just be happy with wat u have....

nice blog.....

voodooboy said...

It happnd a lotta times...i'll be stuck in a traffic jam, and some kid will come knock the window and ask fer money..and then if you look just around the corner, his mom (a lil elder than him) will be there with 5 other kids. Its a sad sight; at times i really feel like doin somethin for them...but i dunno...somehow these thoughts never turn into actions...*-)

arunainwonderland said...

ola shweta!
im here via ur pal mithuna..
@"life ppl live..."
you know, these ppl continue to survive on these streets and their children after them... they have learnt to be content with wat they have..which is the sad truth about india!
neither the individual or the society is willing to take pro-active steps to improve the standard of living,education,unemployment etc..
mera bharat mahan??!!

Maverick said...

iv been questioning this a lot myself...

"how can a god whos supposed to be kind and merciful and just do this???"

absolutely no answers... this is one of those black holes in my unwavering faith...

Unknown said...

hehe "mother shweta ram".... chill..

first things first... there are not ONLY thousands of ppl in india

ok, so u want to say u didnt know dharavi existed in mumbai...or, u never crossed that railway line near college..all it took was a traffic jam for u to realize it?

life is not as hard for them as it seems...or may be its my point of view..and regarding the other stuff.. take it easy....

Shweta said...

@ chinmay
i ve seen slums.. but jus a thought crossed my mind at the traffic jam.
neway thanks for givin ure precious comment

Unknown said...

well......
u see... actually der r too many ppl in mumbaui staying in slums.. so we never think abt them.. its seems like y would dey hv ny prob.... n if we really think wat we hv got n wat dey hv.... we prolly value r stuff.. not crib for small things....... be happy n satisfied.........i think its high time we realise de value wat life has given us

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