AS usual quiet many works to be completed...and lots of other stuff to do...this time even could'nt watch much of awaited movies like "Tum mile","2012","paa".....hope I am not going to miss "3 idiots" lol.....
this happened when on a usual day of mine i was returning home after work...in mind was going the story of "Avatar" and some of the worries regarding life...mean while I was looking for a conveyance to go back home..with little effort got a Rickshaw..but had to share it with a man who worked as labour in near by construction sites...I was on first instance not going to sit in that rickshaw...but i was saving 10 bugs so i hired and shared it with him...he was tired and was hungry too i guess...I was playing games on my cell when i heard him calling me with the name Bauji....and this is how i suddenly fell in a conversation with him...he with his low voice just started telling all what he did in that day...helping other labours in pulling carts to earn a living...working at a construction site..and also small work to clean 2 rooms of a house on wage basis...
Rs.10 for helping in pulling carts that provided him with a morning meal...Rs.50 for cleaning those two rooms that provided him with lunch...
and then no money for working at the construction site just because that Thekedar{builder} refused to pay him the money and said take your money tommorrow..{kal le jana...2 din bad aana}..I was listening to him that time ....I replied why didnt you oppose...why did'nt 2-3 of you gathered and asked for your pay..he said..bauji noone says anything when they are paid and one of them remains unpaid...
on the point when i said you must complain against him ....his answer was something that really shook me and made me feel bad..."jiske pass paisa hai police and law&order usi ka hai"[one who has money has the power too]
well i was quiet...he was hungry he said...and could not afford a dinner that day..his eyes were red....I found myself unable to help him out..i could easily provide him with a dinner that night...but I didnt...and I myself am unable to figure out the reason..
he being hungry was not his mistake or his luck or the conditions...the problem lies somewhere with the people like us..
i came back home quietly......and from next time...will see that someone like him working at my home or my place doesnt sleep without dinner....