Happy chrissmus

 
‘‘Mamma! Why is he so dirty?’’
A low toned sweet voice reached my ears. It was late evening around 8.45 pm. Not to mention it was December and it was cold and cracking as hell as it usually around this time and the roads were disserted. I was stuck because my bike happened to get dried the thing that happens when you overrate your biker average near dhantoli and Yashwant stadium waiting Santa Claus in form of friend and petrol in form of gift.
“Mamma!!”
I looked behind there stood a black colored Hyundai accent having some Mumbai number. I looked inside to see a dejected driver in late 30’s, a heavily make –up lad looking more like a penguin wearing a Punjabi salwar and porcelain all over her face, a not-so-good-looking girl much younger then other two (may be daughter) keeping her eye grilled at her BLACKBERRY I suppose and a cute looking little boy glancing out of the window. The father got out for changing a puncher tire and no one else budges. The little boy was starring out side and querying his mother constantly.
”what’s happened Joey? Stop troubling mamma”
“wy is he sho dirty an shad?” he asked
“I don’t know beta they are poor I guess” said the lady giving a disgruntled look.
“Then how come he is wearing you school sweater didi. You said it’s the best school and all the best kids come to study there?”
It was a blue colored sweater of a reputed school in Nagpur. A bit dirty with stains of oil and dirt so much so that there was no difference in color sidewalk and his cloths.
“Maybe” she ignored.
The poor boy was shivering and smiling in his sweater which was very big and over size for him.
“But it’s all dirty and look it has holes in it too it wont keep him warm enough, can I give him mine?” Joey asked curiously pulling down the glass down completely and with half of his body outside.
“Baby stop talking nonsense and get inside the car” girl shouted.
“Why is he playing with tire didi”
The girl got frustrated and shouted “mom Joey is deliberately troubling me please tell him to behave…he even tried to hide my shoes at riya aunty place……..”
Hell I didn't understood a thing what she said after that because it was some different language.
“baby behave and don't you give any thing to that stupid fellow…” the penguin aunty shouted and as usual he totally ignored and lady's attention shifted to the uncle who had done changing tire by now and was enjoying a smoke.
“….and hurry-up darling you already waited at riyas place long enough and...” she said
“don’t you give me that shit…” he shouted an interrupted angrily “….I know that…its done now shove yourself into car we are ready to roll” he continued.
As all were ready to roll on “CHARIOT OF ANGEL” as written on the car Joey sneaked a moment and bent out of his side of window passed on a little toy to the poor child winked and smiled at him and whispered quietly ”Happpy chrissmus..”.
The poor boy ran to a shed and brought a broken toy for him instead as the CHARIOT OF ANGEL was about to fly.
I can bet on a thousand bucks the poor boy didn't understood the meaning of either words but the action brought a big smile on his face. The best moment of the entire evening came for me in quick succession and would have made the evening awesome for the poor boy perhaps the best Christmas gift.
It mad me realize that we always knew how to love. You don’t teach a new born baby how to love the sheer innocence and unbiased love that it gives to everyone is the best example of it. To continue to do it is the difficult task as you might have concluded from the above conversation. Richness and wealth of a person is known by who rich is his heart and not by bank accounts and car size. May be that’s the reason Jesus Christ chose to be borned in a manger in a stable so that every one can reach him and not only kings and the wealthy ones or not poor ones which includes no façade and vanity. I believe that the real meaning of Christmas to be so simple in heart that everyone can reach you. A gift of Christmas gift not necessarily be a Rolex, Iphone or Porsche it could be a welcome smile, a warm hug, an evening, 10 min on phone or even an SMS matters equal if not more and it automatically brings smile on peoples face.
You know people often tend to find the spirit of Christmas in god and prayers but it truly is already exsisting within themselves you know as they say if you really want to enjoy Christmas is by trying to make it enjoyable to someone else and not indulging in booze and party. Because I think there is no bigger joy in seeing someone happy because of you and its a feeling that really boosts up your spirit.
Happy Christmas to all readers and happy New Year
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Of RIGHT turns … and wrongs!!

It was a very chilled evening of a cool December day. It had rained and mostly it was drizzle and it had happened not for the first time during that evening. She was standing on a red signal very much covered in winter clothing from head to toe though the fashion quotient was still very much included. She needed to take a right from that signal. She could clearly see a white colored maruti Suzuki Estillo in front of her. There was nothing special and unique about that car but only a sticker of lord ganesha. The guy on the wheels too wanted to take a right from that signal and was giving a right turn indicator and it was blinking right in front of her face as it does.
Somewhere within her mind she felt that it was mocking her maybe laughing at her and teasing her. Of all the living creatures in this world she felt a stupid indicator was making fun and making her feel embarrassed and bad. Although she knew it was just the way you think of things but she never thought her mind would come up with such a cynical example to relate itself to such an unvalued and unobserved process. She removed her glasses, she looked down, closed her eyes shock her head in utter disappointment rubbed her eyes and charm from her face seemed had just vanished instantly.. Who can imagine that just a blinking stupid car indicator causes turmoil in ones head and automatically make her bow her head down and make you feel embarrassed? Maybe it reminded her about some dejection or she might have felt partly cheated somewhere sometime.
Those 77sec on ravi nagar sq left her image in my mind. I went into deep thought regarding what I observed that orange indicator and that sweet girl. Its one of those incidents that could be interpreted in different ways but it was very much visible on her and all over her face. My elder brothers and mothers word ran through my head “LIFE TAKE ITS REVENGE ON YOU IN WORST POSSIBLE WAY AND IN WORST POSSIBLE TIME”. Again some of my observations could be wrong but not all. Maybe it was the sequence of events that happened that day eventually culminated into such an incident for me. It seriously makes you think what you have, had and want. A failed expectation, trust or a broken dream makes you think that your life is field with mistakes and your ability to think and do the right and wrong gets affected dramatically. You are forced to think that even all your right decisions could have been wrong.
People say that success is just a pat on the back. If they say so then failures are like cuts in mind. These cuts may be difficult to heal and it pain is far very much more and irony is that you see the wounds from outside. It become even worst when you see someone else in the same situation and you are unable to empathies them. If life is like a tree and failure is grounds for it then success is like sunshine and true strength of a tree lies in depths of roots. Too much expectation never ever helps the cause. Lesser the expectation simpler is life. I think a normal life is not too much to ask for but it’s unto use to define “a normal life”. But I feel world is a small alley which is already narrow and it’s getting even narrower by day and you are always being pushed in a crowded queue. Where you have two options either fall and see others walk over you or be a part of mob.
If life can be one big holiday and a best teacher of all then life could be the worst punishment too that one can get. It’s just what one of my friends told me at he end of the day “that’s life” always selfish and ready to screw you and I felt very sad hearing this from her. Too bad that the meaning of life has changed so drastically and it has become so hollow that even a car indicator mocks it sometimes……