Mumbai locals
>> Thursday, June 22, 2006
Mumbai locals trains always seem to have some incidents happening like this one today morning where an old lady was begging in a crowded compartment. she had almost reached the end of the compartment and was bouncing the lone coin which she had in her plastic bowl to attract our attention. None of the ladied in her vincity were interesed in giving her anything. Suddenly the coin fell from her bowl and disappeared on the floor somewhere. She was immediately on her fours and started searching frantically everyehere for her coin.... all of us were lost in our own world and were impassive probably thinking that 'its just a question of one rupee..... what difference does it make if she does not find it.....'
A few minutes passed and when she still did not find the coin, a few of us tried to help her find it but to no avail....
Then someone put a coin in her bowl...probably feeling sad that she seemed to be taking so much pains for one rupee... then another one was added and this continued till she had a sizable number of coins with her....
Even the people who normally would not have given her anything ended doing so...... which makes the song from Taxi No 9211 apt for this situation...'kisika chutta kisiki daulat'
Maybe the old beggar was infact happy that she had dropped that coin...........
