March 25, 2008

A small request

Heya people..... I was walkin down the boulevard yesterday and I saw a man going past me in a wheelchair.My heart sank just thinking of the life without legs.... being dependent on somebody for every trifle chore you want to do,not being able to walk run,dance in joy or even merely stand up..... Its such a difficult life and hats off to the people who live it with such a braod smile on their face......
Just one thing I'd like everybody to keep in mind is that don't ridicule them..... I know people today are sensitive and they don't laugh...... what I menat was in the broader term..... calling them by improper names is ridiculing,isn't it? I think calling them as "physically handicapped" is equally rude..... try saying "physically challenged"....... the word HANDICAP would hurt any soul,wouldn't it? Similarly for people who can't speak shouldn't be addressed as dumb..... "mute" or "silent" are better means of addressing. This partly comes from the English lesson in Grade ten 'You're my Dictionary' where the authoress, Ruth Sidransky couldn't stand anyone call her mute father "dumb". And yeah I think mentally challenged people should be called so and not as "mentally retarded". It would be really polite if we call blind and deaf people "visually and acoustically challenged/imapired" and not andha or behra...... especially not after the ridicule that these words have become after the so-called Hindi movies on disability.

You may feel why am I writing this blog when all this doesn't even bother me? But somewhere deep down it does bother me........ afterall we would not like to be called or like our near and dear ones be called by aforesaid names,would we?

When we go through the troughs in our life, being normal teenagers,we think that its the end of the world and God has selected us out of the 6 billion people roaming on Earth to subject His wrath to, but when we deeply think, are our problems(read: having being dumped by your partner, finding out your partner's cheating,not being able to tell your crush you like him/her, watching him/her happy with someone else,fighting over trivial issues with your crush/partner/friend etc ....) even grave enough to be considered as problems?? Atleast we have a proper functional body with all body parts doing just the right functions.Atleast we are chromosomally fine.... as a chromosomal aberration...... the size that goes in pico scale can cause a great upheaval in normal life.Atleast we get a square meal a day and don't have to worry where the next meal or next day's meal is gonna come from.Atleast we don't have to worry how our fees will get paid.Atleast we don't have to drop out so that we can earn and pay our sibling's fees.........Atleast God is kind to us that we are so privileged and that we have everything yet we keep cribbing for a few things that we don't have.
Coming back to our less privileged friends, can't we show extra kindness to them to make up for the lack of kindness shown by Him? Can't we do somethign as simple as be polite to them while addressing them and show our compassion?I don't think thats asking for too much,is it?And yes...... I'd like to give all of you,my fighter friends a standing ovation and sing(er... make some GOOD singer sing)

Ruk jaana nahin tu kahin har ke,
Kanto pe chal ke milinge saaye bahar ke.
O Raahi... O Raahi...
Sooraj dekh rook gaya hai, tere aahe jhook gaya hai..
Jab kabhi aise koi mastana, nikale apani dhoon me divana...
Sham suhani ban jate hain, din intezar ke..
O raahi.. O raahi..
Sathi na karavan hai, ye tera imtihaan hai
Yunhi chala chal dil ke sahare, karati hai manzil tujhko ishare...
Dekh kahin koi rok nahi le, tujhko pukar ke..
O raahi.. O raahi..
Nain aansu jo liye hain, ye rahon ke diye hain
Logon ko unka sab kuchh deke, tu to chala tha sapne hi leke..
Koi nahi to tere apne hain, sapne ye pyaar ke...
O raahi O raahi...
Ruk jaana nahin tu kahin har ke,
Kanto pe chal ke milinge saaye bahar ke
O Raahi... O Raahi...

1 comment:

Saumya said...

very nice blog...