Beginning At The Sunset

(In above pic I have tried to draw sunset, boat in the river and that sketch of sun indicates 'the beginning'.)

In routine life everyone complains about something according to their standard of living, it is natural because it is human tendency. But when we see out of the frame of our own life, we find many touching things around us. After watching such things we can't stop twister of thoughts in our mind. I was also facing such situation. I want to just share this with you.

We were returning from our trek in one of the mountain in Sahyadri, India. To reach the city there was the only option & that was by crossing the river. We were traveling in a small boat. That journey was of 40 to 45 minutes. Some of us were chitchatting about our two days trek, some were capturing photos of sunset & remaining buddies were waiting for the city. Another boat was following us. We heard some miserable sounds from that boat. All of us were trying to know about that. We came to know, there was a pregnant lady weeping with pains in that boat. Some Ladies were putting cloths like bed-sheets around her. After some time we heard newly born baby's sound. Some persons from that boat were asking us for scissor or knife like equipment to cut the cord of that mother. Many of us used to carry such things in trekking kit. We gave them. That boat was not so close to us that we can give it hand to hand. So, that was also a big challenge of 'to throw and catch'.  After losing 3-4 tools, we succeed in that. After few minutes they were thanking us and were telling that everything is alright now.

Everyone was amazed by that incident. We were discussing with our boat-man, he was also belongs to the same village. He was telling that there was not any hospital in that village. Crossing the river is the only way to the city and obliviously for the hospital.

I think, in front of such serious issue; our routine problems like ,irregular maid or few minutes electricity off or daily debate in relationships because of ego or minor troubles in household things such as TV, washing machine, mixer, fridge or microwave' are not that much big.

At The Top

  

     Those were rainy days. Me with my 5-6 friends went for a trek on small village in the rugged mountains of Sahyadri in India. It's height from sea level is near about 2690-2710 feet. We started very early in the morning. Trek was going on very enjoying. But we missed the road (for some time) to reach at the peak of that hill and 'the one day trek' became of two days trek. We had to stay on that peak for the whole night.  There was a very small village which was made up of near about 20 houses, (we can say them huts.) 

    We finished all our food during the whole day and we all got hungry by the night. We heard, those villagers used to arrange dinner for trekkers in very low charges. But we have to give such idea to them when we start the trek. Yaah! at the bottom of that hill there was a small 'Tapari of Tea', with owner of that we can send our message to the villagers. But we were staying accidently, so even we didn't know about our dinner.

      Two of among us, knocked a door of a hut, the door was open by a person, we saw four children badly crying for food, their mother was about to start serving the prepared food. We told our problem of dinner. The man fixed the cost of dinner, then he mumbled something to that lady & he took those children out forcefully. We were told to sit in front yard which was covered by the roof made up of joined pieces of quite hard plastic bags. The lady served the food to us. That food was quite less, but we managed that, because that was our mistake, we were unexpected guests for them. 

      We were too tired so we slept on the same place. All of us were sleeping, that man also slept in the same yard, but I was thinking about that family. We came unexpectedly; they give their whole dinner to us. When the door was getting opened, those children were just crying for the food, and now those were also sleeping like us. What did that man gave them to eat? Is there any another shop of readymade food? Or what else? I was restless to get the answer of this. I was unable to sleep. Finally I got up & I disturbed that man in his sleep unknowingly. I ask about chaos in my mind. After getting answer I couldn't sleep for the rest of night.

      That man told "I gave 'wild banana' to my children. We believe that it kills the hunger. I didn't have any option, If I didn't do this, we had to prepare more food & we didn't have that much ingredients in home, and not money too, to buy those, also not shop nearer for that. We can earn a bit little from you, by doing this. There are very few earning sources for us while living in such isolated rural place." Today I kept my children hungry but tomorrow I can give them at least a new chalk for their study, Or buy some fuel for stove, or buy some medicines, or some food, or,…or…!"

(In this picture images around the circle means our group is taking dinner in yard (top view), and that is the family with their house. The whole group of images is surrounded by the shape of misty eye, which shows the same feeling of their minds.)