60 seconds…60 seconds to earn a living! As the signal turns red at the Mayo Hall junction, a little girl all of 5 years steps on to the street. She looks dusty, rugged and certainly hasn’t had a bath since ages. In her hand is a piece of rusted iron ring, which looks like the remains of a building that has seized to exist.
Deftly she drops this little ring through her skinny self. Her hand retards like a spring in action to let the ring through. 5 seconds later, she’s on to her second stunt doing a catapult on the sun baked street.
30 seconds and 3 stunts down, out stretches an arm seeking for help. Hoping to earn a few rupees she meanders through the little gaps between vehicles. The little girl has no apprehensions or inhibitions as she goes about earning her livelihood. It is a matter of a meal dear friends, a fight for survival. 
I have at times given her a few rupees; many a times admired her skills for free. Do we call it begging or is she right in her attempt to seek money by showcasing her skills. The answer is purely subjective. In this world’s largest democracy, there are millions of little children who go without a meal each day. The little hand that needs to hold a pen and paper is destined to stretch her arms for help. All she knows is the colors of her life ….Red, Yellow and Green!
P.S – I hope to bring such real life instances of a fight for survival to the forefront. In the days ahead , I would continue to pen my thoughts on other such instances under the tagline : The Fight For Survival
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Mads Reply:
December 25th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
@ laprosperite, you are welcome to quote in your blog. If you wish you can give trackback also.. twitter id is mads4ucom (not active though)
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