Remorse, Regret!
It was around 1 pm and Bombay was literally burning. It was 40 degrees centrigrade and very high humidity levels. I was traveling in an auto to a friends place for lunch. I was reading the Mint, a paper I have beginning to like a lot.
We stopped at the signal and I could see that it was going to be a long wait. I was immersed in an article, almost forcefully, to take my mind off the discomfort of feeling a sticky shirt against my back. An old man walked in rags walked upto me. I could see his movement from the corner of my eye. He walked up to the auto and put out a begging bowl. He did not say a word, but just looked at me. I took my eyes off the newspaper and looked at the bowl. I looked up at him and then almost non chalantly looked back into the news paper. He lingered on for that split second and then walked off. As he walked away I noticed him walking barefoot on burning concrete.
It is then I realised the mean-ness of my action. I had so coldly ignored a fellow human being. May be he did not merit my charity (for what ever reason) but he definitely does not merit being treated like a non entity.
If only I could turn back time.
6 comments:
Oye sweetie, dont be so hard on urself da, you'll find a way to make it up to the world, u have a good hrt :) dont gen start cursing urself over one incident .. happens to us all (((())))
happens... all the time.. but i ve noticed something.. that there are and will be people who would treat me like a 'non-entity' with the same amount of nonchalance, perhaps in a different setting though... End of the day, nobody is to be blamed... :)
Unpredictable: No, I aint cursing myself, but its a personal thing of treating people with dignity , which I let myself down... thats all.
~such~ : Thanks for stopping by. Yes, as you have mentioned, there are people who treat others with non chalance and as a 'non - entity'. As mentioned above, its a very personal thing where I believe that I should treat everyone with a minimum amount of dignity.
I do not appreciate people who treat others as 'non -entity', and I wouldn't want to be counted among them, if I can help it. Just 'coz I am treated in a particular way, doesn't mean it is ok for me to treat others the same. This is my strong belief.
I understand that feeling da. Have done it and regretted is several times..
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