Love:- It is something everyone of us is entangled in. I am not writing this to tell that I am in love nor it is an attempt to define it. It is my experiences on the trip concluded few days ago. There are few incidents I would like to pen down here.
Incident 1:-
It was around 9pm or so when we reached "Snehalaya", an NGO in Ahmednagar working for women and children empowerment. That was a campus for kids.When we got down there, we were surrounded by anxious kids greeting us. I greeted them and asked their names. Nilesh...Ganesh....Pravesh...Mahesh..." children shouted their names. I said my name and asked in which classes they studied. " 6th...7th...5th....6th" were their replies. Rest of kids were watching a movie screened. Nilesh said " Bhaiya, aap khaake ayiye ham saath bhetke picture dekhenghe". This was the hospitality I got there from a kid so tender a age.
It was next day evening, I almost forgot about this incident. We were leaving the campus to visit few places. As we were leaving the gate by bus, my friend called me telling someone was calling me from outside. I rushed to the window and looked. I saw Pravesh waving and shouting "Vishnu Bhaiya......Vishnu Bhaiya...." all along until the bus left. I also shouted back but he couldn't see me from outside. I was mesmerized at this. A boy whom I met only once for a minute or so showing this much love for some stranger who has come to look at their campus. This is Love, what few of my friends call "True and Unconditional Love". It wasn't the case of only this boy, it was about all people in the boundaries of the campus. There's Love around you, caring you, supporting you. It was completely new feeling to me.
Incident 1:-
It was around 9pm or so when we reached "Snehalaya", an NGO in Ahmednagar working for women and children empowerment. That was a campus for kids.When we got down there, we were surrounded by anxious kids greeting us. I greeted them and asked their names. Nilesh...Ganesh....Pravesh...Mahesh..." children shouted their names. I said my name and asked in which classes they studied. " 6th...7th...5th....6th" were their replies. Rest of kids were watching a movie screened. Nilesh said " Bhaiya, aap khaake ayiye ham saath bhetke picture dekhenghe". This was the hospitality I got there from a kid so tender a age.
It was next day evening, I almost forgot about this incident. We were leaving the campus to visit few places. As we were leaving the gate by bus, my friend called me telling someone was calling me from outside. I rushed to the window and looked. I saw Pravesh waving and shouting "Vishnu Bhaiya......Vishnu Bhaiya...." all along until the bus left. I also shouted back but he couldn't see me from outside. I was mesmerized at this. A boy whom I met only once for a minute or so showing this much love for some stranger who has come to look at their campus. This is Love, what few of my friends call "True and Unconditional Love". It wasn't the case of only this boy, it was about all people in the boundaries of the campus. There's Love around you, caring you, supporting you. It was completely new feeling to me.
Incident 2:-
We were having a chat in the bus on what to do after we got out of IIT. Most of us were inclined towards writing UPSC and be an IAS officer. When it was my turn, I said that I was confused on what to do and when I was asked about IAS, I said to them, "Power can Corrupt Me". There was silence in the group I was talking to. One of my friends as shocked as others said "I would have believed if it were anyone other than you".
Incident 3:-
A very emotional and inspirational speech was given by Dr.Girish Kulkarni which clarified many of our doubts even without asking them, it gave us a meaning to our lives, a path to follow. Few of us retired to dorms for resting, few to toilets. I was going away from that place when one my freind seeing me said " Vishnu, when will you be giving such an emotional speech?"
Incident 4:-
It was the end of camp, we were sitting in a "Straight Circle" for a feed-back discussion. People were telling their experiences of camp, their feelings, reactions etc. One of my friend was saying that she was looking forward to start doing something useful for people around her. She added that she was happy to see many people already starting to work for a better society and so on praising their efforts and encouraging them. But one thing that relates to me is that she was repeatedly looking at me when saying these words.
I really don't understand why this is all happening and that too to me. Is it that I am taking things serious and over-exaggerating them or is that it is meant to confuse me, I do not know. The love, the belief that I could deliver some thing different and useful, from my freinds mesmerizes me. Truly speaking, I doubt that I have the confidence to deliver as my dear ones seek or wish. I doubt have I done anything useful until now? I quite many a times question my character, my actions and end up dissatisfied with what I am. But, I pray God to give me strength to fight till last.
With Love,
Vishnu Vardhan
P.S:- I may not be clear sometimes in what I write as I am an amateur writer. Sugesstions, questions for clarity, reviews are accepted.
