Madcaljan21’s Blog

I’m in India now spending time with my parents after long time. I did not hardly go out of the house afraid of mosquitoes and rain water on the road as it might affect my daughters health. After almost a month , I thought I would step out and see the place where I was brought up. We went out to the market place. I was standing there to catch an auto when I saw something which made me rethink of what I have in life and what I miss.

There was a mid aged person sleeping on a worn out mat near a big tree. He was a cobbler and there were couple of shoes in front of him. He was sleeping on the roadside, where there were so many cars , lorries, bikes, autos and all kind of vehicles moving to and fro. It was pretty noisy with the sounds from Vehicle horns, engines, people shouting at the top of the voice. But still the man was sleeping as if he was given a five star air conditioned room, with a soft bed , multi fragrances and melodious music. Apart from this there were lot of flies over his body and he was not drunk either. I was wondering if I get such a good sleep in my room with all the facilities. Absolutely not!!!