Delhi can be really cold in Winters. It can be as low as 4°C in December and January. I remember as a child coming back from a party in January on one such night. Our car stopped at the traffic lights and many beggars came running to get something. We all just continued with our talk and hardly noticed those kids.
Most of us hardly notice the deprived people. We hardly think of their life , their past and how they reached a stage of begging. At the most we think "Poor things" and drop in some change.
From my childhood I have seen so much of it. From small children to old people to mothers begging just to survive in this world. I always thought of ways where I could make a change.
Many of us think that they are perfectly normal people who can work. Or they would just waste the money they get. Most of them are be mentally derailed people. How many of us have even used them as a helper at home? How would you expect a bank to treat them if they went with Rs. 30 to save or where would you expect them to keep this money even if they wanted to save. Many do not even have proper clothes forget about a home.
One thing I realized is that one man army generally performs best in Hollywood, a good example being Rambo.I also feel that it is totally wrong on our part to leave everything for the government to do. For most of us the power lies in a group.That is the prime reason me and my wife joint Rotary.
Poornam in it own small way has started this change. We are totally insignificant as of now but I am sure as time passes by we'll be doing a lot more. This January we had a talk on what we should do on Republic day and Lakshmi suggested that instead of eating away to glory, let's do community service. And it has been a great success so far. Let me just quote what Poornam kids (members of the Poornam family) think about all this and how everybody can make a change if we want.
Amarjyoti Krishnan heads bobcares.com, a tech support company for webhosts and ISPs. He is the co-founder of Poornam Info Vision Ltd., a software and IT services company which specializes in Linux based solutions for Webhosts and ISPs. Poornam Info Vision is an ISO 9001:2000 certified company with a team of over 100 engineers.
Amarjyoti is a Computer Engineer based in India and has over 7 years of experience in the hosting industry. He has spoken and written extensively on the subject. His articles have been published both online as well as in print in magazines.
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