As the atmosphere in India at present is of electioneering, I nodded to be part of a team to awaken and entreat the voters to come out and vote. We were requesting all we met, to use their conscience and vote. In the process I chanced to meet an octogenarian couple, who were eager to vote, but were worried about not being included in the voter list after retiring from a leading vehicle manufacturer company of the world.
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Seeing the couple's eagerness in talking to us, we gave an earnest listening to their woes. Here is the gist of the talk between us.
She has two offspring; the daughter an executive in Delhi and the son also an executive in Banglore. They own a car but can't drive. They also owned a scooter, but, can't drive it too. Their offspring send money erratically, and a visit too rare. The old-man was happy to talk to us, and promised us that they will go out to vote, if they can. For, as per them verbatim-'we are pulling somehow; had opted for domestic help with a handsome pay several times, but were robbed every time; and so they now have opted for food from outside.'
We moved onto other doors in our pursuit of covering maximum people. But, the words of the old-age couple still lingers in my mind. Will we meet the same fate, once we are old ? Where are the Indian tradition, we boast of? In the quest for excellence in our chosen fields, we have forgot to look after our parents, and have opted for the western traditions instead. But, there are people who look after their parents very well and are the real winners in this mortal world.
My salute to those who look after their parents and keep them happy, not to those meek; and weak; and coward people who leave their parents to die their natural death in isolation.
Ironically, as the senior citizens are a dying factor, they are bound to get no mention, in the manifesto of any political party--big or small--in 2014 general elections, for, no one pays much attention to the setting Sun.
Seeing the couple's eagerness in talking to us, we gave an earnest listening to their woes. Here is the gist of the talk between us.
She has two offspring; the daughter an executive in Delhi and the son also an executive in Banglore. They own a car but can't drive. They also owned a scooter, but, can't drive it too. Their offspring send money erratically, and a visit too rare. The old-man was happy to talk to us, and promised us that they will go out to vote, if they can. For, as per them verbatim-'we are pulling somehow; had opted for domestic help with a handsome pay several times, but were robbed every time; and so they now have opted for food from outside.'
We moved onto other doors in our pursuit of covering maximum people. But, the words of the old-age couple still lingers in my mind. Will we meet the same fate, once we are old ? Where are the Indian tradition, we boast of? In the quest for excellence in our chosen fields, we have forgot to look after our parents, and have opted for the western traditions instead. But, there are people who look after their parents very well and are the real winners in this mortal world.
My salute to those who look after their parents and keep them happy, not to those meek; and weak; and coward people who leave their parents to die their natural death in isolation.
Ironically, as the senior citizens are a dying factor, they are bound to get no mention, in the manifesto of any political party--big or small--in 2014 general elections, for, no one pays much attention to the setting Sun.
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