Wednesday, February 4, 2009

once there was bill gates who lived in a slum

Recently I came across “slumdog millionaire”,the movie that brought bags of glory and appreciations to the indian cinema.but that movie afreshed my experience of visit to one of the biggest slum area of Delhi during my scouting. The lads playing and hovering around in that area were in high spirits and their energy level was making stinky environment out there full of enthusiasm to explore the source of their energy level. My heart suddenly asked my head of the department,”how they can be happy?”
I meanwhile, I saw a smart boy passing cute smile at me.without losing any time, I quickly approached him and shook my hand with him. He greeted me like an army personnel! 
That boy was staring my face and passing a very faint grin continuously. His built gave me glimpse of an underfed boy but one can easily discover millions of dreams brimming his eyes.without losing time, I asked him,”what is your aim in life?”
The answer was equally astronishing,”I wish to become a computer foist like Bill Gates!”.the answer and accent of his english was all the way unexpected. I further enquired,”do you know Bill Gates?” He answered very innocently ,”everyone in this area knows him very well”. After a break he continued,”kya mast computer chalata hai woh;he lives in this house only.” He pointed towards a pipeline nearby. He added,”his master sends him to school in nearby locality for serving snacks and tea during lunch time; he has learned english and computer from there only. He teaches english and computers to me also. I have never seen computer in my life,but I can do anything on computer “. His buoyancy amused me and instigated me to inquire about that ‘Indian’ Bill Gates. but suddenly I heard noise of mass crying as loud as possible,”koi billu ko bachao”!! I rushed quickly and inquired into the matter . a boy of age 13 was lying on the ground with almost half burnt body . one person from crowd approached me and said,”sahib,yeh to roj ka hai, kaam nahi karega to yahi hoga”.
All my enthusiasm vanished in the filth of slum as soon as saw the death of dreams of “Bill gates “ and heard screams of Billu “aage se school nahi jaunga sahib, aaj maaf kar do”. 
That ever-smiling boy also vanished in the crowd just like shattered dreams of one more “slumdog who was actually billionaire “ in thoughts and ideas!!!

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