So many ideas and thoughts-Created!!... but never implemented.
So many initiatives taken, just to end in the dust.
So many dreams... gone down the drain..
So many lives... wasted!!
"70,000 kids work for a living in shops and dhabas, across the country. Another 1,85,000 work as domestic laborers" and these are just rounded-up official figures. The so-called 'Reality' could be much more worse. Aren't these kids supposed to be the next Sachin Tendulkar or Arundati Roy. May be we even missed out on another Zakir Hussain or A.R.Rehman, just because the kid who could be, never got the chance to put his fingers on a keyboard.
A few days back there was a discussion session held at my college with a few BITS Pilani alumnus who had come to visit Pilani on the occasion of their silver-jubilee reunion(eminent writers, businessmen/leaders/entrepreneurs) and the present 'Humanities' Faculty of the college(Some of the best teachers I know!!). The topic for the day was ' The threats hindering the progress of India'.
Naturally, Child labor did come up.... as expected and after a thorough debate, the conclusion derieved was - " These children who are forced into ruthless jobs are doing it because they have absolutely no other go! For most of them, its the only means of survival and their struggle for existence."
Just like in the case of our Srinu! He is also a victim of the situations and had to succumb to measures like dropping out of school. The new laws cannot be declared as 'insane' even considering the above facts. It is necessary to kill this evil. Yet, you cannot ignore the fact that it has wiped out the one ray of hope these kids had, for their survival.
But, there are other measures to be taken. The new laws should be concerned more about each of these kids going to school and rather being allowed to work in the off-hours. Not the work in dhabas!, but may be something like Srinu handles his father's comb selling business after work and help him in achieving better profits. This would remove the evil of child labour and still not snatch away their already meagre source of income. The only hindrance being the mentality of the father, which should be taken care of!'
I have no idea what I wrote this for and why??? And it was left INCOMPLETE..
Did the incomplete note mean something? I do not remember who is Srinu, I remember attending the session vaguely though.
I dont ever remember writing such a thing, but the note is in my handwriting, my frequently used-words, my writing style......
Why did i write this and why did i leave it incomplete?
Did I have an idea which could help me do something ................... may be help Srinu in someway? Why is it that I have forgotten it? How did I let it slip away?
Why is it that I thought about it but could never implement the idea... Whatever it was.. Can I do it now?
Time has taken it away... My memory fails me....
The Power of forgettance makes me wonder in vain, if I could bring back the idea again...
If only I could do something better for that Srinu once again....
