Mother's Love

The big guy hit his son once and the crying started. I could clearly see the river of tears flowing from the child’s eyes. It was loud, the crying made others uncomfortable but no one said a word (who wants to be involved after all). The child was crying out of pain and I thought what if he was not so small...What if he was a teenager...Would he accept it publicly..Would he cry off the pain or off the guilt of being hit by his father publicly..? I had taken a plunge in my random thoughts with the child and the father but then I saw something unusual. 

The MOTHER of the child was crying. Yes she was definitely crying, it was silent but tears were there. I was standing there thinking why she was crying. Was it guilt or was it pain? The answer was no, she wasn’t hit.

It seemed that she felt the pain of her son. She wiped off the tears off his son and I found a smile on my face. I saw the Mother’s Love. J

PARJAPATI

The summer was definitely here since walking from metro to the bus had drowned me in my own sweat. But the feeling of going home and having homemade food had raised my excitement levels to the sky. I crawled in the bus and after some inspection took the best seat. 

The weather is too hot. I took a sip of water from my water bottle and dived in the loud music from my headphones.

The batch read Rohtash Atta, “PARJAPATI”.I wondered who he was and why he was roaming around with a tank full of water. “Wait a second”. I just couldn't believe that a Haryana Roadways Bus Conductor often described as RUDE, ARROGANT, INSENSITIVE etc was actually distributing water to the travellers. When my turn came, he asked “Bauji Pani pioge?”. I couldn’t stop myself from smiling. He had such sweetness in his voice; for a moment I couldn’t believe my ears. He went to everyone in the bus and assured that the water is drinkable. I could see a smile on the faces of those who were thirsty. He changed my perception( and i am sure everyone else's) regarding the image of the bus conductors.

A smile was what he had on his face and a smile was what he got from everyone. 

A true care person discovered.