So i thought why don't I write something everyday.
Try till i can, ofcourse until i forget.
Being a Sunday , I woke up late than the usual as the traffic for work is negligible. 12-15 mins is all it takes on a Sunday , weekdays are multiplied by 3-5-6 times courtesy - the great Bengaluru traffic.
After all the snoozing, waking up, getting ready and having breakfast is like run for your pajamas speed. I head to work quite energetic and calm, promising myself to get back home asap.
I dint want to listen to the radio chatter today nor just drive muted. I took my phone opened the music aap Saavn, an old friend. I wanted to listen to some not-so-recent not-so-old songs which were on my repeat mode earlier. I directly proceeded to the playlists and randomly clicked a playlist and a song in it without giving myself a chance to choose. "Sooraj dooba hai -from Roy " was on. Wow what a great start i thought. I don't know if i was listening to the lyrics or my mind was wandering somewhere. The next automatic shuffle song was "Maahi ve from highway ".
Whilst driving and listening to this song on the middle of a flyover, I notice 2 men, only the one on the right was clearly visible to me and a head towards his left. The first man was obstructing my view of the other. I think I noticed them as it's odd to see anyone walk/stand on the flyover.
What i even noticed was that this person on the right was raising his hand ,the Indian way of asking the driving people to stop their vehicles so that they can cross the road. I was a little annoyed and anxious as to why did he want to cross the road on a flyover . He could have rather done it before taking the flyover or after getting down or when he is a pedestrian why did he in the first place even take a flyover.
I passed them and out of curiosity I don't know why but i looked into the rear mirror . I was caught off guard to see that the person on the left is a physically handicapped person who clearly dint have clear vision and had a stick in his right hand. A bike was parked beside.
At once I had sympathy and admiration towards both of them . I really appreciated the right person for helping an unknown person on road. I had a precise moment of thought of helping him,which i anyway dint. Thinking and actually doing it are two different scenarios. Many of us think, but only few of us do. Very few of us stop and help. Just because we emphathize with them we think we are good people, but no acting on it makes the difference. May god bless him.
How difficult it must be for the blind. He probably dint know that he was on a flyover. He must have thought it's the straight main road itself and was trying to cross it. What if this person dint stop to help him? He would have definitely figured out a way like he had been doing it since quite a while , but still that scare, anxiety and helplessness must have shadowed him. I later recollected that I've seen this same person few days ago in that very next street selling newspapers.
That disability of his dint stop him in anyway. He dint stay back at home, he woke up like anyone of us and headed to work. I was proud of him, very proud of him.
I thanked God for my life and all that he has given me.
#okbye
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