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*Sigh*

Today, I was standing at the stationer’s, having a few pages photocopied when this couple turned up on a CD70. They had a cute little son about 2, 2 and a half years of age, who looked a lot like my bhateeja. The man asked “Yaar koi geometry box dikhao!” Well, I don’t understand why he’d call it a geometry box, but a lot of people do. Kher… the stationer returned with a plastic one that looked pretty cheap – rough finishing, poor material and all. “Kitnay ka hai yeh?” “25 rupay ka.” Now the blues take over – with a broken, desperate sparkle in his eye, and still looking at the box, the man whispered under his breath: “Abay yaar!” I felt like crying. This was the lowest moment of my life, and it seemed as if my heart would burst with the pain I felt. I had that feeling when it seems that the world around you is wobbling around. I mean, I know there’s far greater suffering in the world, but at that moment, it was as if I could feel his pain, and no other suffering seemed too great!

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Posted by Absar | Posted in Life And Love | Posted on 06-09-2007

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