Jis ka koi nahin uska to khuda or then should I say watchman cum tonga driver hai yaaron.........
In a day and age where everybody is obsessed with him/her self to the point of insanity and narcissism is the rule rather than the exception comes a heart warming and truly inspiring tale of an Allahabad based watchman cum part time tonga driver who magnanimously came/stepped forward to adopt a new born baby girl who was cast aside on a railway line and left to die by her biological parents.........
Ganga Prasad; the good samaritan cum angel reincarnate was going for his morning ablutions towards the Mal Godam of the Naini Railway Station when he heard a plaintive and heart rending cry uttered by a creature that he initially thought was a dog in considerable distress and misery........
Thinking that the dog in question might have been cut down by a passing railway train and is in it's death throes; Ganga Prasad surreptitiously made his way towards the creature when to his considerable consternation and utter disbelief he discovered that the creature he thought was a dog in distress turned out to be a new born baby girl with a few wounds on her face and other parts of her miniscule anatomy.........
Without any further ado Ganga Prasad carefully wrapped up the little bundle of humanity in his dhoti and made his way towards his humble and nondescript dwelling where he handed over his new found treasure to his thoroughly overwhelmed and overjoyed wife of twelve years Manju........
Already blessed with two children (Raj (9) and Neelu (7)) who are the apples of this doting couple's hearts and souls; both Ganga Prasad and Manju had undergone sterilisation operations after the birth of their second offspring as they were crystal clear that they could not bring up any more children on the meagre Rs. 1,500/- per month that Ganga Prasad earns from his watch ,manly duties at the Naini Police station plus whatever little he earns from his avatar as a part time tonga driver...........
"God alone knows how many people must have passed by the very same spot where the new born was callously abandoned and passed on without even bothering to provide her with succour and comfort; perhaps it was destined that this little bundle of joy was to come into our lives and illuminate them with the sheer luminosity of her blithe spirit; God is great and if he so will that this little girl should be brought up in the same manner as my other two offspring; so be it"; Ganaga Prasad quips...........
The rest of us enlightened and supposedly educated folks who pontificate and wax eloquent on every conceivable topic and issue under the sun without ever bothering to take the trouble of putting our words and proclamations into action would indeed do well to emulate the sterling examples of Ganga Prasad and Manju who more than willingly brought this abandoned girl child into their unfancied lives and made her a part of the same...........
Shame on us folks who make a lot of ado about nothing but fail to put our thoughts and words into action when it matters the most...........
In a day and age where everybody is obsessed with him/her self to the point of insanity and narcissism is the rule rather than the exception comes a heart warming and truly inspiring tale of an Allahabad based watchman cum part time tonga driver who magnanimously came/stepped forward to adopt a new born baby girl who was cast aside on a railway line and left to die by her biological parents.........
Ganga Prasad; the good samaritan cum angel reincarnate was going for his morning ablutions towards the Mal Godam of the Naini Railway Station when he heard a plaintive and heart rending cry uttered by a creature that he initially thought was a dog in considerable distress and misery........
Thinking that the dog in question might have been cut down by a passing railway train and is in it's death throes; Ganga Prasad surreptitiously made his way towards the creature when to his considerable consternation and utter disbelief he discovered that the creature he thought was a dog in distress turned out to be a new born baby girl with a few wounds on her face and other parts of her miniscule anatomy.........
Without any further ado Ganga Prasad carefully wrapped up the little bundle of humanity in his dhoti and made his way towards his humble and nondescript dwelling where he handed over his new found treasure to his thoroughly overwhelmed and overjoyed wife of twelve years Manju........
Already blessed with two children (Raj (9) and Neelu (7)) who are the apples of this doting couple's hearts and souls; both Ganga Prasad and Manju had undergone sterilisation operations after the birth of their second offspring as they were crystal clear that they could not bring up any more children on the meagre Rs. 1,500/- per month that Ganga Prasad earns from his watch ,manly duties at the Naini Police station plus whatever little he earns from his avatar as a part time tonga driver...........
"God alone knows how many people must have passed by the very same spot where the new born was callously abandoned and passed on without even bothering to provide her with succour and comfort; perhaps it was destined that this little bundle of joy was to come into our lives and illuminate them with the sheer luminosity of her blithe spirit; God is great and if he so will that this little girl should be brought up in the same manner as my other two offspring; so be it"; Ganaga Prasad quips...........
The rest of us enlightened and supposedly educated folks who pontificate and wax eloquent on every conceivable topic and issue under the sun without ever bothering to take the trouble of putting our words and proclamations into action would indeed do well to emulate the sterling examples of Ganga Prasad and Manju who more than willingly brought this abandoned girl child into their unfancied lives and made her a part of the same...........
Shame on us folks who make a lot of ado about nothing but fail to put our thoughts and words into action when it matters the most...........
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