I saw this guy for the first time underneath the
Water tank by the batch of 1973. Back in last summer, I was an intern and was
bewildered by his actions. I doubted whether is dumb alone or deaf too. Still,
I am not sure if he could really speak and hear, or is it that he didn't know
any language. Always his actions with sounds here and there conveyed his
message. He understood the customers' problem from their minor actions with the
cycle. His usual style would be to lock up the cycles together, get the keys
and gestures to tell us the time for the pickup after return. For me, he had
been sincere and prompt to the time he says expect for once which he justified
with a subtle smile. The lean man with his shrunk hand and belly gestured with
incomplete sound to let me know that he was hungry and had to go, have his
meal. I have seen him more often at the Campus Cafe with a cup of beverage and
at times with a flask too. He was not always alone and had a guy or two sitting
and chatting back at the shop. I am not sure whether the worker is not so
dedicated or don’t know some work, but he took only puncture works. If it’s the
former case, I won’t blame him for taking only puncture works, which maybe
enough with the cheap salary he earns from the owner.
I don’t want to come to false conclusions, rather urge to think and learn his situation. I am not so compassionate, but the basic humanity that dwells in me make me to ask this question to the man we can see towards the end of the day at the cycle shop, for taking the collection from the worker. It’s just a small shop and for the rags he's always in (and i haven't seen him in any other attire) I think he is not paid an amount that he actually deserves. He would be striving to adjust with his hardly some income on a daily basis. He should be having a home outside the campus and I don't know whether there's a family or not. Isn't it fair to check his situation and do the needful for a human just like us to have a better life, at least as a thanksgiving for the help he does to a great number of students? He could make a decent living out of his work on that shop on his own. Just because he is physically challenged doesn’t mean he can’t look after his own life as I see it. What he needs and lacks is some support which we could give with little effort. Seeing him around the campus speeding on his old cycle in a dirty white shirt and trousers always rings this silent bell, waiting for someone to be heard.
I don’t want to come to false conclusions, rather urge to think and learn his situation. I am not so compassionate, but the basic humanity that dwells in me make me to ask this question to the man we can see towards the end of the day at the cycle shop, for taking the collection from the worker. It’s just a small shop and for the rags he's always in (and i haven't seen him in any other attire) I think he is not paid an amount that he actually deserves. He would be striving to adjust with his hardly some income on a daily basis. He should be having a home outside the campus and I don't know whether there's a family or not. Isn't it fair to check his situation and do the needful for a human just like us to have a better life, at least as a thanksgiving for the help he does to a great number of students? He could make a decent living out of his work on that shop on his own. Just because he is physically challenged doesn’t mean he can’t look after his own life as I see it. What he needs and lacks is some support which we could give with little effort. Seeing him around the campus speeding on his old cycle in a dirty white shirt and trousers always rings this silent bell, waiting for someone to be heard.
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