I come from college everydayAnd see them every time
My heart sheds a tear every second
But I kind of feel helpless
Whenever the auto stops at the signal
They come to me asking for money
All others do is look away from them
I rather always want to pick them all up
And hand them to a nearby NGO
And then I come back Home
And see my maid making her daughter clean the floor
“Does she go to school?” I ask her
“She doesn’t want to” comes her pat reply
“Ha! Even I did not want to when I was young
A will generates a way remember that”
I go to my college canteen
And see the guy in his 10’s work
Clean the table and bring the morning “cutting” for us
“Don’t you study?” I ask
“Don’t have the time sir”… I am happy working though
“But don’t you want to study?”
He gets back to his work….
Returning back home from college
I see the same guy begging
The maid’s daughter working
And tomorrow the same guy would bring us our morning cutting chai ….
Not an advertising post this but make a difference people …Be a drop in this ocean
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OMG! Anurag, Thanks a lot for writing this! Do you really want to help such kids? We can really do something about it ! :D
ReplyDeleteThe poem was really hard hitting! From the heart.. That circle of just seeing and doing nothing should be stopped!
The initiative deserves a bow :)
ReplyDelete"Be a drop in this ocean"
ReplyDeleteAmazing thought! And lovely poem..I agree with R.V.
OMG u wrote my feelings on words whenever i see such kids....the other day i saw a small girl at a traffic signal and i know how helpless i felt.....though i m not really that capable to do much but i m sure very soon i will do lot for them
ReplyDeleteFeel happy to realize there r lot of young people around thinking like me...m sure future generation can make a lot of difference if we all put our hands forward :D
and lovely poetry :)
Anurag, it was a wonderful poem and a bow-worthy thought *bows*.. thank you so much!!
ReplyDeleteThats a superb effort for enlightening the many minds down here and many across the blogosphere.
ReplyDeleteActivism true to the poetic sense, hope you dont mind, if i re-post the same over my blog. I have already dealt with such issues but they were brief write ups not in a poetic way though... gr8 work :)
I personally believe, the best possible way to eradicate poverty and divisiveness is to educate the masses, at least the future generation of India. It can work wonders.
ReplyDeleteI second Kajal...
ReplyDelete*bows*
Cheers..!!
Arjun
like raash said,
ReplyDeletehard hitting, heartfelt! :)
that was a wonderful poem.. and it really is the truth.. the way these kids live the life.. n yes the initiative is just great.. would love to help out which ever way possible.. :)
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