Still in darkness!!

World is changing everyday. People start worrying about a child's life rite when it is born- to put in which school, college etc,etc... There is one side where children are brought up with extreme richness, immense knowledge, lot many extra activities apart from studies. There is also another side of the world - particularly in India, where children from very very poor family are put up in school rarely. Even if they go to school they are in a position to discontinue in sometime considering their family economic situation. Only few people enjoy schooling.
Sukenya-a 14 yr old girl with smiling face and cheeriness always, daughter of a woman who does the house hold work in almost all houses in the street.

As usual I was leaving for office by 7 in the morning. I saw her with drowsy eyes, bringing vessels at her boss’s house for washing. Only then I came to know she stopped going school.
From then my mind was around her wanting to help her out. When I decided to speak with her and pay fees or get whatever she needs to continue studies, she said-'Amma cant manage the family. We are in need of money. Drunkard appa always quarrels with ma. I work in 5 houses and earn 2k/month. I want to study but ma does not leave me.'
This brilliant student, favorite of school teachers use to score 1st grade in class.
Who should be blamed for this... her father who is irresponsible to run the family?? mother who has to send her school when everyone in the street is ready to help her in all ways but does not want to lose her dignity??
What kind of thought she has, what she feels when she sees other kids of her age go to school, come back and play. Kids in families of such kind who has to earn daily for filling their tummy - education, jolly trip, going out for cinema or somewhere are still like fruits far away from them.
I wish kids to have education and fun at this age. But how many are there who do not have basic education and become child labors. How long will they suffer, When will they come out of darkness and see light in their life...

Sleepless nights...

It happened to me to travel in train that night. I packed my bags tightly so the regular resident of train will not visit my bag , yeah the plump mouse. After 3 days stay, with heavy heart I left my native, Somehow I managed to lie down in my berth. Suddenly I felt something itching my hands...yaaa kiiiiii it was cockroach, whole family halted in the train it seems that too in the compartment I boarded. I could see cockroach of all sizes right from small baby to grand grand pa...I moved away a little from the window side and covered my face and ears fearing it would enter my ears. Everytime I woke up to see if it was sitting over me and playing with its family. The whole journey was horrible. But how could others sleep without bothering these animal planet??!!. Sleepless night came to an end when I reached Bangalore.

10 days later again I had sleepless night but this time not in fear of cockroaches...I was wondering at the facilities IRCTC provides in ac compartments.Only 4 were there and I myself felt like a princess lying with neat blanket, quilt, pillow, screens.... It was so cold in the hot summer that made me feel sleepless and enjoyed chillness. A question raised in my mind when I saw good latrine and water facility compared to sleeper class, cup attached with a chain(irctc's awareness!!!) - people in sleeper class won’t need this basic facility or what? But the good feel I got in sleeper seeing people of all kind, their conversations about native, cinema, job, future, studies were missing here where none spoke with each other.
Though train is filled with healthy looking rats, cockroaches staying with family each compartment is filled with memories of people's sorrow, joy, crying faces leaving their dear ones,students going for higher studies, business people with much hopes, crying baby sound.... train journey is always memorable. Train its koo kuch kuch music with in-built cradle has become part of my life.