It's a typical rainy evening, after successfully facing the war of umbrella's in the Mumbai Local, it calls for a "Cutting Chai". I reached a roadside tea stall and ordered a cutting. While waiting i saw two gentlemen sipping tea beside me, one was smart looking metro man and one was Autowala. The metro man had his company ID hanging ( which was of a big firm ) and i was instantly impressed. My mind started calculating his CTC and i concluded he must be a rich dude. Ahh then i got my cutting too, my mind then turned towards the other guy, the autowala, he was also the same age as the metro man ( around 35 yrs ), he looked tired, clothes dirty and hair all becoming white at this early age. I thought he works so hard but still makes so less, barely earning his living.
Anyways the cutting got over and we all left almost together, I started walking towards the main road when I saw the metro man rushing towards me in his Hyundai Elantra on a road full of water. He din't even care about anyone on the road and splashed all the water on me and the fellow pedestrians while passing by, i felt like shouting but then left it. Meanwhile after about 15 seconds I saw the other guy the autowala coming towards me but there was something different, he was driving slowly with a smile looking both sides at every one there to avoid any splashing of water on any one. He looked at me, smiled and calmly went away.
I thought in my mind, however rich the metro man was he lacked empathy for people around him while the autowala however poor he was was very much concerned about people around him. I learnt today that "Richness in not just having money in you pocket."
Bhut sahi chacha.. acha likhte ho.. :)
ReplyDeletegood going...Ojha bhai...:-)
ReplyDeletewell written Avanish! :)
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