A sombering thought....

I am not one of those who jump up and down with glee on the even of the new year. Nor am I one of those who consider the glass half empty and worry about getting older by another year. But an email did check any irrational exuberance that I might have felt, if at alln. I am posting the same mail here.

Can we see this around us?

"AJEEB HAI NA"

Rs.20 Ka NOTE Bahot ZYADA Lagta Hai Jab

GARIB Ko Dena Ho, Magar HOTEL Mein TIP

Dena Ho To Bahot KAM Lagta Hai.
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3 Minute Ke Liye BHAGWAN Ko YAAD Karna

Kitna MUSHKIL Hai,

Magar 3_Hours Ka FILM Dekhna AASAAN.
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Pure Din MEHNAT Ke Baad GYM Jaane Se Nehi

THAKTE, Magar Jab MAA-BAAP Ke PAIR

DABANA Ho To HUM THAK Jaate Hain.
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VALENTINE's DAY Ke Liye HUM Puure SAAL

Intezar Karte Hai, Magar MOTHER's DAY Kab

Hai hume Pata Hi Nahi.


EK ROTI NAHI DE SAKA KOI US MASOOM BACHHE KO LEKIN WHO TASWEER LAKHON ME BIK GAYI JISME ROTI KE LIYE VO BACHHA UDAS BETHA THA…………….

(No one gave any food to the innocent kid but the photograph of him waiting forlornly for something to eat was sold for millions!)

There is a knot in my stomach and it refuses to go away. :-( There is this usual helpless feeling and that too refuses to go away.

Every time I see these children begging at the street lights I feel like giving some money but then a cautious voice tells me not to encourage begging. Some people say that we should carry biscuits and give them to these children instead of money. But there was a news a few years ago that a lady who tried to do so was confronted by the child's mother who accused her of trying to poison her child. Now who would want to cool heels for hours at a local police station for trying to help a hungry child? No one. Does that mean we shouldn't do anything?

I am still searching for a way out of this helplessness and anger. If you know of any reliable NGOs which have programs to feed street children, please let me know.