Sharing an incident that just happened with me a few hours back.
Today, as I was coming back from home to my hostel(with two bags which were much heavier than usual), I saw a blind man who wanted to board a metro. I took him by hand to the lift and as we reached, the lift was almost full and before the i could let the man be the last one to enter, a girl about 20 years of age entered the lift. Everyone kept watching the guy but no one offered to stay to let him go. Well that was something I wasn't even expecting.
When the lift came back, a group of people of about the same age as me, that is 19-20 were waiting along side us and as soon as the lift came, they entered it and left leaving the man with me standing right there.
We had to wait for the third time and this time I could manage to get him to lift but by the time he could enter, the lift was didn't have any space for, only to be filled by an old man, a group of teenagers and a middle aged man.
Well I didn't even want a place for me so I ran up the stairs only to find out that no one cared to help the blind guy to the ticket counter. And as I did the obvious thing to help him out again, the thought that struck me was, when our elders say things about our generation being misdirected and insensitive, aren' they true?
Well before this incident, I would have defended our generation in such a debate but right now even I am in two minds.
I know this post would go unnoticed by people as I can never ask anyone to read something I wrote straight from my heart but those few who happen to read it, please post a comment on it.
I want to see, to how many of us does an incident like this makes a difference.
I feel that such a difference can only be the way out of this harsh reality............
Today, as I was coming back from home to my hostel(with two bags which were much heavier than usual), I saw a blind man who wanted to board a metro. I took him by hand to the lift and as we reached, the lift was almost full and before the i could let the man be the last one to enter, a girl about 20 years of age entered the lift. Everyone kept watching the guy but no one offered to stay to let him go. Well that was something I wasn't even expecting.
When the lift came back, a group of people of about the same age as me, that is 19-20 were waiting along side us and as soon as the lift came, they entered it and left leaving the man with me standing right there.
We had to wait for the third time and this time I could manage to get him to lift but by the time he could enter, the lift was didn't have any space for, only to be filled by an old man, a group of teenagers and a middle aged man.
Well I didn't even want a place for me so I ran up the stairs only to find out that no one cared to help the blind guy to the ticket counter. And as I did the obvious thing to help him out again, the thought that struck me was, when our elders say things about our generation being misdirected and insensitive, aren' they true?
Well before this incident, I would have defended our generation in such a debate but right now even I am in two minds.
I know this post would go unnoticed by people as I can never ask anyone to read something I wrote straight from my heart but those few who happen to read it, please post a comment on it.
I want to see, to how many of us does an incident like this makes a difference.
I feel that such a difference can only be the way out of this harsh reality............
well.. there is weight to both sides of this argument.. anyways.. well done man!
ReplyDeletehmnnn...dnt knw wat 2 say...m speechless..n sad..:(
ReplyDeleteand d worst part is dat i helped a guy today but there are times when i am also just unable to see someone in need. that one out of 10 times when i also dont offer my seat to someone more in need. that one out of 5 times when i also miss seeing a handicapped person.
ReplyDeletem totally agreed wit u ......meine yeh dekha bhi h n ki bhi dusaro ki help ......problem yeh hoti h logo sochte h kaun iss problem mein na fasse bt woh yeh bhul jaate hi kesse ke help krna problem nahi hota h....bt it is partially true young generation bhi help krte h handicaps ki.....n sachi mein yeh bhut acchi baat h tumne yeh baat apne blog mein likhi......mein sabko yahi advice du ki sab ko yeh padana chaiyye n shikhana chaiyye...
ReplyDeleteafter about 50 views of this page on my blog and another 30 on my friend's blog who reposted it on his, we have got comments from only 3 people. does that show the care young generation gives to such matters?
ReplyDeletehttp://askmukul.blogspot.com/2011/02/each-one-adopt-one.html#comment-form
ReplyDeletegood to see that someone is being the change we want to bring.
check out this blog by a friend of mine
blinds shud limit der world..v cnt help dem out evrytym..evryone is bsy out der..
ReplyDeleteWe have a duty to help them, they haven't got a right to expect it.
ReplyDeleteThats how I would like to phrase it.