Sunday, December 14, 2014

Cleaner

It was a festival season in the village. Everyone is filled with the delight of meeting friends and family. The happiness of people overflowed all over the village. The old people who couldn't sleep at night along with the fresh youth & families gather around the church for an late night performance by an famous music band.

     The crowd also includes police personal who came for security purpose. The band started with a religious songs and slowly moved through sequence of movie songs. Whenever there is lack in interest the band brought back the enthusiasm by performing gana songs from latest movies.

     Entire crowd is mesmerized with the songs played by the band. There comes a old lady who is at her eighties. Her wrinkled face and the hair represents her age as well as the bath which she have taken in the last rain.The dhoti she wore gave the view of her life in street. She used a wood stick to support her walking. From the act, it was clear that she was begging in the crowd for her food. Some people respected her and donated with what they are capable of. The others didn't mind replying to the old fag who waits for their response. She waited for some time and moved to the next crowd.
     While walking from one crowd to another she picked up the plastic bottles she saw and started collecting it. It showed how responsible the other people's were in maintaining the clean environment. She dropped the bottles at one place where there was a pile covered with a sheet. Over the time one lady came out of the sheet and started scolding her and moved the bottle to the women who was sleeping next to her.

     After a while the women who collected bottles joined the gang which was sleeping nearby. That moment gave the realization that it was a group of almost eight old peoples who are at same age. the face clearly portrayed that they were chucked out of their royal live by their grown up kids. instead of depending on their hopeless kids they formulated their own gang and go over to the places wherever festival is held and try to find some food. The lady who shouted earlier was one among them who shouted her to take rest as it was closer to mid night.

     Even though it is for their food, They are helping the ecosystem without their knowledge. Deep inside in my hear a voice roar "Who will help the old to clear the gang when they leave this world". The thoughts of their life came out as a drop of tear from my eyes.