Manavya - The Humane Touch !!

'Manavya' was there as usual to greet us with utmost happiness. The smiles were there for all to see and the innocent eyes portrayed a sense of serene satisfaction.

Well...this aint any single person whom i'm referring. It's a care centre for the HIV infected kids. A harsh reality which we face every Saturday when we go to have most memorable moments of ur life with them. But as soon as we go there, the tragedy is long forgotten and what remains is just the smiles gallore.

Even yesterday, when i reached there, the kids thronged on all of us. And we hardly realised how the cruel time ticked rapidly. Within no time, it was again the moment which i dislike the most. It was time to bid goodbye, but not before a promise to return was duly made. The 2.5 hrs there were simply amazing. The craft session was given 3 cheers by all the enthusiastic (and also creative) kids. While others preferred to show their football skills!!

When i was there, there werent any other thoughts. But as i was on my way back to home (Mumbai), the horrifying thought of those kids living their death was devouring me. I imagined how it would be to live under the same shelter all my life without even going out for a walk or so. (The villagers might object to it) Even having the school learning in the same premises would surely have killed me. But these kids show that life has many dimensions to it. Their smiles prove that life is certainly about quality rather than quantity.

And suddenly i realised that this was just a part of my dream. To make them smile was undoubtedly one of my key desires. It's going fine at the moment and the dream shall surely catch on. So i guess there are lots of smiles ahead in the journey that has started. !!!!