March 1st .Its her birthday .Im teeming with excitement and i set off to work though its a saturday as i had a leftover task .But misfortune strikes and i lose my phone which i had kept it in my bag on the way. Aaaaaaaaaah, my beloved phone, i miss him .going ahead my day stopped and i was helpless.So i need to call up the Airtel call centre. I happened to find a "The mobile store " jus opposite to my office, which i enter seeking help to call them up .The store-guy is least bothered and he blatantly replies "i don know sir." Hmph , i decide lets head back to office n do the work ,but then a kind samaritan in the shop asks me " Is it Airtel number?".I replied"yes".Without even me askin him any thing ,he dials the toll free number and goes through the rigors of pressing n number of keys to reach the call center operator( airtel requires tat u remember some code n all) but he fails. I was about to say" its ok , i 'll leave thanx.." Immediately he tries the toll free number again and this time he gets his code right and gets through to the operator and i report my lost phone to the operator happily.Relieved that my sim was blocked , i turned to thank the good samaritan and then a conversation just conjures up .Finally sayin good bye i ask his name and he says "Ahmed " closing his helmet visor and zips off.
Whoever is reading this article might not realise the significance of this incident but i was left wondering. How is it possible for iniquity to coexist with goodwill in this world ? are they in some way symbiotic? And i asked myself a question if i would have done the same in case someone was in need?? In this frenzied selfish road trip that we have embarked upon , can we spare ten minutes for altruism? Can we ignore the disparate needs , religion , race, region that we have created? Can we place humanity above all?
:) why don we all sing along with Klaus meine --
" cause we all live under the same sun
We all walk under the same moon
Then why, why can't we live as one
'cause we all live under the same sky
We all look up at the same stars
Then why, tell me why can't we live as one...."
PS : Due to certain laziness in research "MissJudged" has been postponed to the future posts . Thnk you :).
5 comments:
The story is slap on a face of people like me... :)
well we are lucky, there are good people still there around. and hope the b'day also went alright.
vinni
amazing story. .we seriously need to hear more of these. think the papers are pushing in too much crap and making the world seem worse than it it is. well, even if bad things are happening there is no point losing faith and being terrified .. . isn't that exactly terrorism trying to do ?
Great story. There are a lot of good people in the world. Problem is, they are not talked about much, their choices are manipulated by elected officials, and their presence all but ignored. I think 1984-George Orwell was an exaggeration, but we are heading towards something very much like it with all the fear tactics.
Story only i say. But is he really just a nice guy in a world full of crap?
Using the Pareto Principle we see that 80% of the Crap is caused by 20% of the people.
What you saw was specimen from the other 80% of the sample population which consists good people. So statistically speaking we shouldnt be surprised.
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