Monday, December 16, 2013

Clinging for HOPE

Am travelling in train...first class compartment...its byculla and jst as the train catches speed...a lady hops in...a second look and I realise she's holding a baby too... An elderly guy gives her a stare as if admonishing...stare ignored...the lady gets down to work...starts sweeping the floor...I look for the kid..
What I see moves me...the mother has left the kid on the seat and while she goes about doing her chore...the kid at that age, while clinging onto that cold steel handle, has already learnt the lesson of life - art of balancing



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