Wednesday, 21 October 2015

Feeling elated, Ramu is explaining his School principal about quick rise in professional life to post of Sr. Manager in 6 years..! Bell rings, recess time approached..! Good olden days, he began to feel his running towards the gate, not for his parents or going home but for aayamma. A lady in her late 40s, used to sell children eatables..! gauvas, masala mangoes, chocolates, groundnuts and few stuff..! and Many seasonal fruits, eatables..! Ramu was well associated with Aayamma, he used to do small help to her while going, carrying her stuff, etc..! Aayamma reciprocates and gives him to eat without taking money..!
One incident, felt a big impression on ramu, during his matriculation, aayamma offered at the famous shiva temple in the town and brought him the prasad and applied vermillon on his forehead..! Ramu passed with flying colours, owing to his hard work and blessings of his dear ones..! Though Aayamma was poor she never cursed her fate, never was heart broken, always with a smiling face..! This is what used to attract the children towards her, she was kind and showered lot of affection to them..!
Ramu left to another place for higher studies and used to visit aayamma ocassionally..! During one interaction she informed of her pains and her desire to get her dilapidated house renovated at rs.10,000. During that visit ramu vowed to pay her the amount and help her once he gets his first salary on Job..! He meant that..!
Coffee, said the peon and Ramu came to his senses then..! He bid good bye to the principal who too was proud of him..!  Ramu in a happy mood wanted to give aayamma the amount for her house but Peon laxman informed about aayamma's illness..! he became furious and left to the hospital where aayamma was in the bed with the smile in her face but her eyes had pain..! Seeing ramu well dressed the doctor introduced, informed that aayamma was serious and need immediate surgery costing few lakhs of rupees..!
Now, ramu felt depressed, all his hopes of helping aayamma evaporated..! She needs few lakhs and he has few thousands..! how can he help her..! cursed his fate and thought of leaving the place dejected..!
A small boy in the same school uniform, came to her and gave a bag full of fruits, few bread packets and prasadam from a temple..! The entire sum might not exceed few hundred rupees..! The boy chatted with her and both smiled and were very happy in their conversation..! She introduced the boy as Manas and compared manas with ramu, her good friend..! The boy took leave from the place and was going, but what puzzled ramu was that the boy doing a small favour can be so happy...
he pulled the boy aside and enquired how a small boy can buy things worth few hundreds and dared him to reveal, else would complain to his parents..! I collected my pocket money in a box and didn't buy anything from the last two weeks was the reply..! and he left runnning away from there..!

Ramu realised " You Cant give What someone wants But Can give what you have" This will make you happy..!

In Memory of My friend, engineering roomate and a good human being Manas Ranjan Kar

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