Gubbare wala
Sharing a real life incident :-
There are times when voice of " real you " inside from your heart , let you re-discover yourself ,when you are lost for sometime..... away from your real self... and behave too practical , that could not be " human anymore " !!
I want to share a real incident that had happened with me around July '24 ....
It was week end & me with my wife were shopping around a mall...we were just about to return home & a " gubbare wala " came near me .
He has seen grocery bags with me & suddenly asked " babu , thoda aata (wheat flour) dila do "...
I was surprised , as i was expecting he could have insisted me to buy some balloons if he needed money !! ....
Practically i am strongly against beggary & without thinking much , on a higher tone asked him " bhai , tum gubbare wale ho...shaam ka samay hai ...kya din bhar me itna bhi nahi kamaya ke thoda aata khareed sako ??....
He didn't replied me and silently moved away on his bicycle , which was having very few balloons on it !!
My wife , who was standing away outside the mall ..came near me & asked what happened ?... i replied " nothing ...let's go home "...we both than came back to home ,which was just 2 minute distance from the mall .
At home , when i started to take out grocery items , my wife again asked ," why are you looking so serious ..are you thinking something ??.....i replied " yaar , mene ek gubbare wale ko daant diya....bheekh maang raha thaa !! "
wife replied " to 10 Rs de dena tha, itne me khush ho jaata bechaara !! "
I said " nahi yaar ..paise nahi ...aata maang raha tha !! "....
My inner sence just awakened , what did my tongue said just now to my ears !!!......how rude i behaved ...was it not the possibility , the poor man could not able to sell even "one balloon " that day !!...
Oh god !!...may be , he was thinking , today how will he face his family with no money to buy even "aata"........his compulsion let him to beg " that day " !!
I asked my wife at once to pack some aata in a plastic bag urgently & said " me wapas ja raha hu ,us gubbare wale ke paas.....wo shyaad bheek nahi mang rha thaa "
Wife replied " ab wo kaha milega , ghar aaye 15 minute ho chuke hai !! "
& i said " wo mile na mile , lekin agar me use dhondne nahi gaya to aaj me to so nahi paauga !! "
I came back to mall & searched for him...but he was not there ...i felt guilty...then i saw another gubbare wala who was having lots of balloons on his big 4 wheel trolly & was speaking on a mobile .
I came near to him & asked " bhai yaha thodi der pahle cycle pe ek aur bhi gubbare wala tha naa...aapne dekha hai kisi taraf jaate hue ??? "
He out of curiosity asked me why i was searching for a gubbare wala .. i told him the incident !!...
he said nothing for sometime but then pointed out a way & said " paas ke road pe dekho ..udhar gaya hoga "
I moved to the next road nearby & looked for him... by god's grace ...i found him ..he was standing nearby with his bicycle & was looking people passing nearby !!
I came near him & asked " lo bhai , ye thoda aata rakh lo " ... without any hesitation he took aata bag from me and hanged on his bicycle & started moving away without saying anything ...
i was about to move back to home ...but could not !!... a thought came in my mind ...is this small bag of aata sufficient for him or his children today ??....i again called him ...offered him 50 Rs ...he took it & than said ' dhanyawad babu !!...
I do not know for what reason i asked him ..." bhai ek aur gubbare wala paas ki sadak par tha , aacha hua usne mujhe tumhare baare me bata diya ki tum idhar khade ho ..."
He said " haa babu , wo mera bhai hai !! "....
i was surprised to hear that & asked him " wo jo mobile pe baat kar raha tha ..wo tumhara bhai hai ???.....kya wo tumhari madad nahi karta ??..
With a deep pause , he said " nahi !!.... i was clearly able to see pain in his eyes for his reply ...
I was word less ... i moved back towards my home but the thought was still hammering in my mind ...they are real brothers ...the other one was having a big lorry with lots of ballons ...if he could afford recharging his mobile phone , did he could not help his brother ,who was struggling just for aata for that day for his family ??
This is life ...how mean we humans have become !!
After this incident , i always give my inner side a " second thought " whenever some one beg for something " should i be practical not to encourage beggary..... OR " does the person is ' really in need !! '
We are human first & literate later !!....& it take some incidents to re-discover our real self ..who we are "actually !! "
---Posted by kapil verma