Recently, I was speeding up for my tutions in the evening when I observed something deep and confusing. I was discombobulated observing some of the odd things that God has made into the material existence.
While driving, I saw a boy not more than fourteen years selling famous novels by great authors. I asked him: "Are these original ones?" He readily said yes without realizing that they were not originals. He didn't even know to differentiate between the original and the duplicate ones, maybe, because he had never got a chance to see the original copies of the same books in his life.
Then I asked him: "Do you have the alchemist by Paulo Cohelo?" He then spread all the books distinctively on his palm, such that the title of each book was visible and said: "I don't know, but I've only these. Please buy from them only."He said and insisted me to buy. He knew how to display the books to the customer and just few minutes before from then on, I had seen him stopping in front of only those cars whose owners were driving or were at least sitting at the back seat.
So, ultimately he also knew which sections of the customers are to be targeted. He didn't know to read and write, however, he had the practical knowledge - who all would be willing to buy, how to approach the customer, how much time to spend with each customer and so on.
If he could learn the practical knowledge, then, maybe, he could grasp through the marketing concepts as well. It's just the matter of opportunity. Those who get it, take it for granted; and those who are unfortunate, they never come to know that they had been struck by an opportunity.
It was then that I felt the need for education and awareness. There are many institutions and organizations working for the same cause, but it's pointless to educate these children without educating their parents. It is not them who are willing to work for endless hours at the roadside, but their parents who are forcing them to do so.
Many children who enroll for the Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs); in most cases, they stop continuing after a few months as they fail to add to the income of the family.
In their childhood, they act as a source of mercy to their poor parents who use them to beg on the roads. A debile child makes it easier for its parents to look more pitiful and miserable.
In their adolescence, they are always kept away from books and other sources of education, just because then they would not be able to earn to support their family.
If, even by chance they feel the need for education and awareness, they are thrown into the pangs of 'the bad world,' which invokes them to live for some immoral reasons. Boys become addicted to drinking and smoking and girls are forced to sexual practices.
Finally, in their adulthood they get married to have more children and more income.
This is the scenario with present India, where no ones is at fault. It's just that the thinking process has to be altered. Once the thinking process is changed, the whole concept goes in favor of achieving growth.
Thank you God, for you made me capable to read and write. I want every citizen of every country to thank you like this.
While driving, I saw a boy not more than fourteen years selling famous novels by great authors. I asked him: "Are these original ones?" He readily said yes without realizing that they were not originals. He didn't even know to differentiate between the original and the duplicate ones, maybe, because he had never got a chance to see the original copies of the same books in his life.
Then I asked him: "Do you have the alchemist by Paulo Cohelo?" He then spread all the books distinctively on his palm, such that the title of each book was visible and said: "I don't know, but I've only these. Please buy from them only."He said and insisted me to buy. He knew how to display the books to the customer and just few minutes before from then on, I had seen him stopping in front of only those cars whose owners were driving or were at least sitting at the back seat.
So, ultimately he also knew which sections of the customers are to be targeted. He didn't know to read and write, however, he had the practical knowledge - who all would be willing to buy, how to approach the customer, how much time to spend with each customer and so on.
If he could learn the practical knowledge, then, maybe, he could grasp through the marketing concepts as well. It's just the matter of opportunity. Those who get it, take it for granted; and those who are unfortunate, they never come to know that they had been struck by an opportunity.
It was then that I felt the need for education and awareness. There are many institutions and organizations working for the same cause, but it's pointless to educate these children without educating their parents. It is not them who are willing to work for endless hours at the roadside, but their parents who are forcing them to do so.
Many children who enroll for the Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs); in most cases, they stop continuing after a few months as they fail to add to the income of the family.
In their childhood, they act as a source of mercy to their poor parents who use them to beg on the roads. A debile child makes it easier for its parents to look more pitiful and miserable.
In their adolescence, they are always kept away from books and other sources of education, just because then they would not be able to earn to support their family.
If, even by chance they feel the need for education and awareness, they are thrown into the pangs of 'the bad world,' which invokes them to live for some immoral reasons. Boys become addicted to drinking and smoking and girls are forced to sexual practices.
Finally, in their adulthood they get married to have more children and more income.
This is the scenario with present India, where no ones is at fault. It's just that the thinking process has to be altered. Once the thinking process is changed, the whole concept goes in favor of achieving growth.
Thank you God, for you made me capable to read and write. I want every citizen of every country to thank you like this.
