The Taste of Darkness - Unanswered Questions!
Let me tell you a story of a man whose name is Heera. He was born and brought-up in a rich and affluent family of Saudi Arabia. They had a family business of bullion. Heera was extremely intelligent with a good knowledge of computers. When he was 12, his family moved to Vadodara, a city in Gujarat.
On one unfortunate evening, Heera gets a high BP stroke. The stroke came as the worst nightmare of in his life. He got brain hemorrhage and as a result of which he lost both his eyes. His medical situation rendered him helpless and dependent on others for slightest of thing.
Although Heera came from an affluent family, he was self dependent and a man of high self-esteem. With time, he started recovering from the mental trauma and started hunting for a job. Something with which he could earn two meals of respect. He ran from the pillar to post receiving a cold-shoulder everywhere.
But one fine day he got a ray of hope when his aunt told him that there is a foreign company who was hiring the visually impaired people in their restaurants. He decided to give it a shot. Heera, with his strong educational background and effective communication sills, looked confident. Undoubtedly, Heera was hired and sent for some basic mandatory training. This was like a dream come true for him.
Well, you must be puzzled and thinking why did I share this story?
So the company is, ‘The Taste of darkness’ and Heera is working there as an Experience Provider.
Six years down the line, after the most tragic moment of his life, Heera is all on his own now. He travels to the work all alone using public transports. In the entire journey, he takes three modes of transport at the peak traffic hours. Moreover he crosses two signals amidst unruly traffic of Hyderabad which probably a normal person like us would fear to do.
The point that I want to make here is, whenever we go and dine in a restaurant we carry a perception about the waiters. We assume them to be poor and lower then us. 'Only he wins in the dark or He only wins in the dark', perception matters. They might be, or might not. Furthermore, we belittle them based on their physical ability. But these things hardly matter. People like Heera works for their self respect irrespective of the ignominy of their profession. We must take a cue from such people, who are an ideal for all of us. They are also capable to make a difference.
To experience their life, you must atleast spend a couple of hours in this restaurant. (God forbid, you do not have to face it for long). We should feel happy and privileged that we are special, we have eyes.
But we should do our bit. Corneal Blindness is one of the most common causes of blindness in India. India shoulders the largest burden of global blindness, about 3.5 million across the country with 30000 new cases being added each year. At present approximately 35,000 corneas are collected in the country every year, whereas 150,000 are required annually to combat corneal blindness. We can vow to donate our eyes so that it continues to enlighten life of people like Heera.
On one unfortunate evening, Heera gets a high BP stroke. The stroke came as the worst nightmare of in his life. He got brain hemorrhage and as a result of which he lost both his eyes. His medical situation rendered him helpless and dependent on others for slightest of thing.
Although Heera came from an affluent family, he was self dependent and a man of high self-esteem. With time, he started recovering from the mental trauma and started hunting for a job. Something with which he could earn two meals of respect. He ran from the pillar to post receiving a cold-shoulder everywhere.
But one fine day he got a ray of hope when his aunt told him that there is a foreign company who was hiring the visually impaired people in their restaurants. He decided to give it a shot. Heera, with his strong educational background and effective communication sills, looked confident. Undoubtedly, Heera was hired and sent for some basic mandatory training. This was like a dream come true for him.
Well, you must be puzzled and thinking why did I share this story?
So the company is, ‘The Taste of darkness’ and Heera is working there as an Experience Provider.
Six years down the line, after the most tragic moment of his life, Heera is all on his own now. He travels to the work all alone using public transports. In the entire journey, he takes three modes of transport at the peak traffic hours. Moreover he crosses two signals amidst unruly traffic of Hyderabad which probably a normal person like us would fear to do.
The point that I want to make here is, whenever we go and dine in a restaurant we carry a perception about the waiters. We assume them to be poor and lower then us. 'Only he wins in the dark or He only wins in the dark', perception matters. They might be, or might not. Furthermore, we belittle them based on their physical ability. But these things hardly matter. People like Heera works for their self respect irrespective of the ignominy of their profession. We must take a cue from such people, who are an ideal for all of us. They are also capable to make a difference.
To experience their life, you must atleast spend a couple of hours in this restaurant. (God forbid, you do not have to face it for long). We should feel happy and privileged that we are special, we have eyes.
But we should do our bit. Corneal Blindness is one of the most common causes of blindness in India. India shoulders the largest burden of global blindness, about 3.5 million across the country with 30000 new cases being added each year. At present approximately 35,000 corneas are collected in the country every year, whereas 150,000 are required annually to combat corneal blindness. We can vow to donate our eyes so that it continues to enlighten life of people like Heera.
मौत से बदतर आँखों का अंधेरा,
ऐसे किसी मजबूर का भगवान बनते जाइये|
मरने के बाद एक नेक कम करते जाइये,
"दो अमुल्य मोती" दान करते जाइये|
ऐसे किसी मजबूर का भगवान बनते जाइये|
मरने के बाद एक नेक कम करते जाइये,
"दो अमुल्य मोती" दान करते जाइये|
(Data referred from: - http://www.netradaan.com/blind-statistics-india.php)
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