Yesterday, I mean on 22nd dec., I finished with my office at around 6.30. Reached home, parked my active and headed towards lift. Some 9-10 children aged 7-8 yrs with few elders were sitting on the building stair case with a steel drum and few glasses.
One came running towards me and shouted “nimbu sharbat for 5!!”. I thought they are playing some game n am the target, so I tried to ignore, but one lady there called me and said “buy the sharbat noooo (that hindi “no”, got it?!!). I was amazed to see that kids from our building were selling sharbat. Great fun, nooo? :-)
Ok. Now I was taking out 5 rupees and that small lad shouted again “khatam ho
No, to my saddest moments, it was for me…… :-(((
One said, “We have one glass sharbat remaining”. I gave a distorted look.
Poor chaps!! They didn’t know what they just lost with the Aunty Call.
You won’t believe I didn’t buy it due to their irresponsible, unreliable remarks.. ;-)
I missed the sharbat as I entered the lift, and they missed the notes and inputs on their sharbat from a cooking connoisseur (kidding, you know!!).
Well, all apart, such initiatives for kids are good to make them understand the importance of “earned money” but only till the understanding is loaded with fun. Like this one.
Many are such innocents who are realizing the Money value through very, very serious Jobs. From rag picker to home maid, name any such jobs and they are present.
They too deserve the fun part, right?? Will they ever get?
