I thought enough is enough. I am no longer going to hide under the four walls and keep telling "mugilu haridu beeluttade (sky is going to fall down). So I got up and got dressed and headed to.... library. But there are lot of hurdles in the path .. to anywhere. Literal hurdles. I saw that Mysore road is overflowing with vehicles. Took a U turn and started going in small lane. But I am not the only one who wants to avoid Mysore road traffic jam. The small, really small lane is having its own traffic jam. A big truck is trying to emit out of a some-what ten feet wide road. And we on the opposite lane are kept waiting. I kept moving my vehicle at the rate of somewhat one kmph and kept climbing down and climbing up the pot holes as there was no place to avoid them. And really there was nothing to worry, because even if I fell down (how will I fall down, I am using 4 feet, two of my own and two wheels), I will not fall to ground and get hurt. I will just fall on the next vehicle. So I and my fellow travelers were moving thus. Then I spotted a little boy on the middle of the road. A two year old boy.
Am I dreaming? How can there be a toddler standing on a road which is difficult for grown ups (fully) to travel? But he was there. Then I saw him going and standing on the edge of the road. The lane has no foot path. He stood there wearing only a shirt, holding a small piece of cake in a plastic bag and eating it. His parents were not in sight anywhere near.
He patiently kept standing there waiting for the traffic to get cleared so that he can cross the road. No crying , no calling mother. Silently he stood, eating his cake. I tried imagining my child when two years old, what he would have done in such a situation.
This child has learnt the ways of life in such a early age. And he represents the other new India, the younger generation of poor India - unsophisticated but fearless, goal oriented and patient. I am sure this generation can take our country very far.
Did I learn anything at all from him?
Am I dreaming? How can there be a toddler standing on a road which is difficult for grown ups (fully) to travel? But he was there. Then I saw him going and standing on the edge of the road. The lane has no foot path. He stood there wearing only a shirt, holding a small piece of cake in a plastic bag and eating it. His parents were not in sight anywhere near.
He patiently kept standing there waiting for the traffic to get cleared so that he can cross the road. No crying , no calling mother. Silently he stood, eating his cake. I tried imagining my child when two years old, what he would have done in such a situation.
This child has learnt the ways of life in such a early age. And he represents the other new India, the younger generation of poor India - unsophisticated but fearless, goal oriented and patient. I am sure this generation can take our country very far.
Did I learn anything at all from him?
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