Saturday, April 30, 2011

Education

Education is the best thing one has and I hope with this blog once again you will realize the importance of being educated.

It was a bright sunny day with not much crowd in the bus. And then a lady boarded the bus; this lady could not see the brightness of the day but could definitely feel the heat of the day. This lady who boarded the bus and occupied the front seat was blind. But she doesn't realize that the lady sitting next to her cant speak; her co-passenger was a mute.

After sometime the bus stopped at a red light and the blind lady asks her co-passenger what will be the next stop. The mute lady takes the hand of blind lady and with her finger she writes the alphabet of the next stop; the blind lady connects the alphabets and she understands her next stop.

The blind lady in curiosity asks “Why did you not say the word itself”. The mute lady again takes her palm and write “I cant speak; I am mute.”

Then there is a silence for sometime then the mute lady again takes the palm of blind lady and asks her “Which stop you will get down?”

The blind lady tells her stop and the mute lady replies in her own way that “Even I will get down at the same stop.”

The ladies get down at the stop but in this small duration of the journey they both become good friends.

The idea conceived in bus where I keep observing various kinds of people.

And believe me education is not just for people who have all their senses working properly but also for those who have some physical disability. Education is the best tool for communication.

A small email, letter or instant message can end up all fights and bring people close. I hope every Indian gets the basic level of education.