New set of glasses ……..

It was my first week in bangalore and i was already hating it . All those crowded buses and idlis and “set”  dosa’s every day.I was standing at the crowded bus stop in kourmangala waiting for bus with a group of may be 5 or 6 people wearing sunglasses at 8 pm my first thought was ” south indian people and there over fashion maybe rajnikant effect” . Thats when a cute girl walks just past me and i ignored the strange group .The girl went on without even noticing me .DAMNN.  If i had a car (may be a audi 🙂 ) or some macho hair cut she might have noticed me  may be i  am not so lucky .I was some  where in my mind  day dreaming  my self with audi that’s when  my bus came .As i was about to get on, some one from the “Rajni fan club”  asks “does this bus go to banashankari ”  I turned around saw them and that’s when i  realised  that they are blind . Someone replied “yes” and they too got in the bus .There was an empty seat  i offered it to one of guys  he politely  replied ” No But Thank You Sir” . He took out the phone and took it near to his ears and started dialling the number.He couldn’t see the screen so he was listening  to the keypad tone that’s moment i realised how lucky i am .

On some another day i was walking on road towards the bus stop worried as always about my daily budget of expenditure in bangalore ( 30 for breakfast and 50 on bus already dammn again ) i saw a beggar a old lady sitting by the road shivering even if it was summer . I ignored her completely and  went on walking .I said to myself,  what can i do for her when i was on a tight budget .The journey to RBI layout was of about 3Km and the bus fare was 10 Rs .I still don’t know why but  i turned back  gave her Rs 10 and walked the rest of 3 km filled with happiness .May be You don’t need a audi to be happy . Maybe i was more proud of then i was when i got into IIT.

I dont think that  crowded buses of bangalore or people with courage or cute girl changed me i also dont think that Rs 10 or 3 KM walk or an vacant seat changed me  ….. and the world has’t changed for sure .Still the buses are crowded , people are poor and cute girls walk past me   . The only things that changed was the way i look at the world like i brought a new set of specs…

PS:- I decided to write this article to remind my self  ,some time in future when i am in need of new pair of glasses……