Last weekend I met my friends Vinay and Swarada at Vinay's place to study. As we were studying, our topics slowly started deflecting from our curriculum. After some good amount of time we found ourselves doing the favorite job of Indian citizens, "criticizing India". We discussed about corruption, poverty, population and what not.
A day later we met again. This time we decided we've had enough of criticizing India, not anymore now! If we see a problem we will take responsibility and try to solve it. The last day we had spoke a lot on malnutrition and starvation that poor Indian kids suffer, hence we decided that on weekend (that is last Saturday) we will distribute food(Veg Pulav) to the poor kids of Pune. We Indians are experts in planning and keeping this reputation we carved out a marvelous plan. Three days later (that is on last Friday) we brought the necessary material.
Yesterday we met early in the morning and started our preparations. Vinay's mother cooked the Veg Pulav that was to be distributed.
In an hour's time or more the Veg Pulav was ready and my god did it taste delicious! Feast your eyes!
We made around 5 kgs of Veg Pulav, packed it in 50 zip pouch bags and set out for distribution by 12. First we went to Nalstop then to Deccan under the bridge where the Rambow circus is setup whenever it comes in town, then we went to dagdusheth and the temples near by and lastly we went to Pune station. We distributed all the bags of Veg Pulav we had with us. We were so enthusiastic while doing it that we forgot to click photos; a mistake that wont be repeated next time. Jokes aside the smile on those children's face when they received the Veg Pulav made my day.
The reason why I wrote this blog is not because I am looking for appreciation or recognition, it's because I want to convey this message to as much citizens as I can that: We can bring a change! Now I know that we haven't done anything Herculean, but we tried to do something on our part. We took help of no NGO, it was just the three of us and Vinay's mom who cooked the Veg Pulav. If just the 4 of us managed to do this, imagine what the united citizens of India can do. Even if 10-20 people come together big things can be done. Think, think! It's time we stopped criticizing and took some action even if small on our part. I am not asking you to do social work. It can be anything: motivate your society to implement rain water harvesting, writing a letter to the Govt official for getting street lamps or writing a letter to get a traffic signal in a busy square in your area that doesn't have one. Look around there's a hundred things you can do. Responsibility is not given it is taken. Take responsibility! We possess the power to make a better tomorrow.
A day later we met again. This time we decided we've had enough of criticizing India, not anymore now! If we see a problem we will take responsibility and try to solve it. The last day we had spoke a lot on malnutrition and starvation that poor Indian kids suffer, hence we decided that on weekend (that is last Saturday) we will distribute food(Veg Pulav) to the poor kids of Pune. We Indians are experts in planning and keeping this reputation we carved out a marvelous plan. Three days later (that is on last Friday) we brought the necessary material.
Yesterday we met early in the morning and started our preparations. Vinay's mother cooked the Veg Pulav that was to be distributed.
In an hour's time or more the Veg Pulav was ready and my god did it taste delicious! Feast your eyes!
We made around 5 kgs of Veg Pulav, packed it in 50 zip pouch bags and set out for distribution by 12. First we went to Nalstop then to Deccan under the bridge where the Rambow circus is setup whenever it comes in town, then we went to dagdusheth and the temples near by and lastly we went to Pune station. We distributed all the bags of Veg Pulav we had with us. We were so enthusiastic while doing it that we forgot to click photos; a mistake that wont be repeated next time. Jokes aside the smile on those children's face when they received the Veg Pulav made my day.
The reason why I wrote this blog is not because I am looking for appreciation or recognition, it's because I want to convey this message to as much citizens as I can that: We can bring a change! Now I know that we haven't done anything Herculean, but we tried to do something on our part. We took help of no NGO, it was just the three of us and Vinay's mom who cooked the Veg Pulav. If just the 4 of us managed to do this, imagine what the united citizens of India can do. Even if 10-20 people come together big things can be done. Think, think! It's time we stopped criticizing and took some action even if small on our part. I am not asking you to do social work. It can be anything: motivate your society to implement rain water harvesting, writing a letter to the Govt official for getting street lamps or writing a letter to get a traffic signal in a busy square in your area that doesn't have one. Look around there's a hundred things you can do. Responsibility is not given it is taken. Take responsibility! We possess the power to make a better tomorrow.
