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Monday, December 21, 2009

worked hard..but still hungry....

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....

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