There is a man in Delhi, who spends money out of his pocket to light candles in a newly renovated subway at Masjid Moth, Delhi, three times in the evening, lighting them every hour!
His name is Arjun Dev Gandhi, a retired officer from CRRI.
"“On May 4, when I was going through the subway , it was pitch dark. I thought how unsafe it was. So I decided to light candles till electricity connections were installed by the PWD,” says Gandhi."
The power to the subway has been disconnected more than three times in the last six months.
He may be a good man, but in general most of us are not.
"If at all I am not able to visit the subway one day and there is any problem, people come to me," he says, as if lighting those candles is his duty. Seems nobody else would do it, even if they find the necessity for it.
And then, initially he used to light thick candles which would burn for two to three hours, but they got stolen! So he lights thin candles, which means he has to come and light another in a hour.
And the beauty of it is, the administration is concerned. It is only because of the reshuffling of officials in the PWD that this project is getting delayed. They are trying to provide an electricity connection soon.
There is a car bazaar and a liquor shop coming up close by the subway, so interesting things could happen there.
(I found this heart-warming story by Rakesh Malik in Times of India, but I don't seem to be able to find it, so instead of that,
please read the full text of an article by Sucheta Das Mohapatra in Hindustan Times at SPEAK INDIA.)
"If at all I am not able to visit the subway one day and there is any problem, people come to me," he says, as if lighting those candles is his duty. Seems nobody else would do it, even if they find the necessity for it.
ReplyDeleteHope police do not mistake him for colluding with robbers if he fails light up the sub way one day and there is a robbery.
There is no limit to our dependency. We know our rights but not responsibilities.
There is no limit to our dependency. We know our rights but not responsibilities.
ReplyDeleteTrue. That is what I too think.