DISCLAIMER : This entry does not aim at publicising any TV show and ,only contains my personal opinion.
.I dont know how many of you people actually watch this program called " Makkal Arangam" on Jaya TV on Sundays 11 AM . My mother frequently tunes into it ,and since ,its right after the 10 AM Sunday Football Review on ESPN , i sometimes stay behind and give her company . Not that i am really interested, but ,timepass. But ,sometimes the show has really suprised me and made me sit up and take notice of a few people. This was one such day.
"Visu" , as you know ,is the host of this show . In most of the shows, he calls up people on stage , who he feels has exemplarily served the society in that town, in which the show is being conducted . Enter this person , i forgot his name ,so lets just call him "M" . I was waiting for the usual rigmarole and eulogy from Visu about how M had donated loads of cash to the local hospital , helped the poor and did some "x" Anna Dhanam's a week. But , what he said totally caught me unawares.
.M is a Masters Degree holder in Hotel Management from London. He is from Madurai and from a decent well -to-do family . He planned to setup a "Catering Institute" in Madurai after he returned to India. Well , all the best laid plans were set to rest, when ,he saw a mentally destitute and orphaned person ,eating his own faeces out of hunger ,in Madurai.
. Well how many of us , even bother to give a second thought ,leave alone a second look to these numerous people we see on the roads . I for one and many like me ,generally just move away from them. Well , M was so deeply affected by this incident , that he discarded all his plans and decided to do something to help these unfortunate ones. He setup what he calls his own "Balwaadi" where he cooks food daily for these people and uses his van to go all around Madurai city daily ,and serve these mentally destitute people twice a day. He does not stop there. He buys them new clothes , personally gives them a bath and also cuts their hair. M has certainly made me think on whether i have contributed ,leave alone,help to the society in any manner. Even if i had done, mine would pale out million times insignificant than what he has done. As M said towards the end of the show " Service to Mankind is Service to God".
The story does not stop here. Some self-respecting Indian did not want to leave M's activities go unnoticed. Hence, there was a documentary about M on "CNN's Heroes " .I believe this would have served him a great fillip , financially , in his daily endeavours.
"Here' s one Indian we should be Proud Off "!!! :):):)
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