Day before yesterday night, I saw a business man in-front of a restaurant in Connaught Place, New Delhi. He is young, really very young. Yes, he was around 4years old and selling different shaped balloons on road side.
I was just watching him for a while. The way he sold balloons stormed me. Yes, he just goes to kids and shakes his balloon stick very close to them. Once the kids started to pay attention he shows the balloons still closer to them. By seeing all these, a kid insisted her mom to buy a balloon. Then the mom asked the price of a balloon and our young business man replied its Rs 15. She gave Rs 20 to him and waiting to get Rs 5 balance. To all of our surprise, the young business man started to move on without giving the balance. When the mom asked him to give the balance, he simply replied that balloon cost is Rs 20 and asked her to return back the balloon if she doesn't want one for Rs 20! She argued him but, at last, she was not able to return the balloon back nor get the Rs 5 balance from the young business man.
What is so important to write about this incident? I looked this in two different angles. First, the mentality of the business man: cheating at young age, though its just for Rs 5. Second, the worst, is child labour. To me, the young boy is a business man. His balloons are colorful but I don't think his life is. By looking at both the kids (the above snap), I just asked myself, What did the wrong thing the young boy has done to work at night at the age of 4years itself? or What did the good thing the other kid, of same age, has blessed? This is just one incident I observed. And, of course, its not uncommon to see such a huge divergence among people around us in our country, India. What is the solution or what can we do? Simple! Let's raise our hands against child labour; Let's educate our uneducated friends; Let's extend our hands to lift underprivileged ones around us; Let's contribute and work towards India Vision 2020.
I faith, NO ONE will write a blog like this by year 2020~
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