Why Do We Become So Selfish?<\/p>\n
Today I\u00a0am compelled\u00a0to share a heart touching incident with the whole world which I\u00a0learned a few days back. Two children (real brother and sister) used to read in\u00a0school\u00a0with the\u00a0aid of an\u00a0organization. Their father was a drunkard and mother used to do petty household jobs.\u00a0There were other 2-3 brothers and\u00a0sisters. Elder sisters had been married in tender ages. Elder brother too\u00a0used to do the menial job in his tender ages.\u00a0This girl was a very week child and used to live in dirty\u00a0and torn clothes. The same position\u00a0was that of the boy as well. One day,\u00a0the\u00a0persons of this organization saw these kids on the hungry and thirsty\u00a0state in the boiling\u00a0road in scorching heat in\u00a0May\u00a02011. They were in bare feet. Only God\u00a0knew, how they used to walk with bare feet.\u00a0That person of this organization\u00a0went to their\u00a0parents and requested to get these kids to join\u00a0Ek Koshish.\u00a0Initially, the father\u00a0was not ready, though the mother was ready. Father raised questions like who would pay for, what would be the benefit of all such a \u2018drama\u2019, our forefathers were illiterate and lived a life like ours and we too would do the same, etc. Anyhow, he was convinced that if they become educated, they would change their lifestyle and thinking and the entire family would be able to live with dignity and pride. Anyhow he started sending these two kids to this organization. They required thorough one to one personal attention as they were totally backward, lacking confidence and in short knew nothing. It was as if they were from a different illiterate world.<\/p>\n
Though it was a herculean task to inculcate them, but this challenge was accepted as a solemn duty by that entire organization. Special attention, hours and hours every day, were given on all areas for their development and growth. For the first six months, they could not even understand the basics. But after six-seven months, when they had shed inner fear from their brain, both started doing wonders and started learning alphabets, etiquettes, and manners\u2026. They started doing anything like a kid from higher society even they started dreaming of becoming a doctor or teacher etc.<\/p>\n
In 2012, taking their growth, they were got admitted in a good public school by this organization. In short, surprisingly they did very well and both were among the first five in their classes. In sports, music, and dance also they had started doing well. Everyone was happy to see their growth.<\/p>\n
But all of sudden in 2014, their father refused to send them to school. On being asked he excused that he could not do any work know and as such he wanted these kids to do some work to support his day to day life. It was very sad and surprising. Ultimately he withdrew these kids from public school in spite of fervent appeals of all volunteers from this organization.<\/p>\n
One day what was seen, was shocking! The girl,\u00a0in her tender age,\u00a0was doing work as a maidservant with her\u00a0soft hands in a big house on a monthly petty wage and the boy was compelled to join some tea\/coffee stall to clean the utensils\u2026how pathetic it was. Destiny had crumbled upon them!<\/p>\n
Just think about who spoiled their life- parents, luck, God or anything else? Why we are so selfish? Why do we not come out of our selfish motifs even in the matter of our kids? Was that the duty of a parent towards his own kids? Could liquor lead to such a downfall of a person? Could the rich class be so merciless to have kids to keep them their slaves in their tender age?<\/p>\n
Though I am busy in preparation for my exams this is haunting me like a ghost! I am disturbed and\u00a0still thinking for the right answer\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
Anubhuti Jain
\nEk Koshish one attempt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Why Do We Become So Selfish? Today I\u00a0am compelled\u00a0to share a heart touching incident with the whole world which I\u00a0learned a few days back. Two children (real brother and sister) used to read in\u00a0school\u00a0with the\u00a0aid of an\u00a0organization. Their father was a drunkard and mother used to do petty household jobs.\u00a0There were other 2-3 brothers and\u00a0sisters. … Continue reading Why do we become so selfish?<\/span>