Transition Blues #7 KingFisher Airlines

I traveled on Kingfisher airline few weeks ago. They call it "The good times". It was an experience. Really good one, I must admit. The food quality, the plane with personal video for every seat, the service all of it was very good.

Just one observation though, the security video was more of a Beer Commercial than of a serious subject like Airplane security. I would suggest that you need to travel on "The good times" to experience what I mean :-)

I Cried ....

Few days ago, I was coming home via auto-rickshaw, near Vetalbaba chowk ( A crossing in Pune, near International Convention Center), a 4 year old girl was crying, not a simple cry or a beggar cry, but a desperate one. I looked around and seating on the road divider, was her mother, with another baby in her lap. The entire family was visibly hungry and the mother was pushing the daughter to go beg for something. The mother was visibly anemic and the baby in lap was without any clothes. The 4 year girl has barely any clothes on her and her cry was heart piercing. She was hungry and angry.

I have seen beggars before, the professional ones; but this literally made me cry, tears came to my eyes, before I could do anything, give some money or something the Auto-rickshaw moved on, and the picture stayed with me, till today.

I was angry, frustrated and most of unhappy. I was angry on myself, not for witnessing the event, but getting the jolt of reality, getting an understanding of disparity in lives. My daughter demands things those would be unheard of by that girl on the traffic signal.

I am frustrated because I can not do anything for that girl or for the millions who are in similar position. The helplessness is really driving me nuts, till today, even after 2 weeks. I do not have a satisfying answer.

I am unhappy, yes, I am! I do not know how I am going to continue dealing with this disparity, the problems and most of all, I do not know what can a small person like me do in this case or similar cases.

I hope god gives me strength to deal with similar situations coming in .....or... I will be crying visibly or when I am alone....