There are rich and then there are the
poor - as you walk down the street – you
can see their palpable misery – they live in chill penury – enduring hardships
at every step – their economic condition
is miserable ; they have little or no money; do not have the basic requirements
of a residential place, proper food to eat, and decent enough clothes – not a
fault of theirs – many of them are industrious, willing to do hard work …….
Still their miseries get confounded – it pinches one’s heart to see children born,
grow and live in such conditions. Their
economic conditions do not impede their affection – many are extraordinarily
attached to their family.
Here is a heart-rending
story – yesterday I read this in Daily Mail, a UK
It is really heart-rending story of a poor
rickshaw worker in the State of Rajasthan
A heart-wrenching image of an Indian
rickshaw worker who has been forced to take his newborn baby to work because
there is no-one available to look after her. Bablu Jatav has been carrying his
one-month-old daugher, Damini, in a cloth sling around his neck since his wife
Shanti died shortly after giving birth to her. The devoted dad, 38, said he was
now forced to take the baby to work with him in Bharatpur city everyday because
he has no other relatives to care for her.
Bablu Jatav has to take his newborn daughter to work because there is
no-one available to look after her after his wife died shortly after giving
birth to the girl child.
Bablu Jatav was
married to his wife for 15 years before she passed away after giving birth to
their daughter. The baby, thought to be
a boon as she was born after 15 years of married life, but with the blessing
came the crude shock of demise of his beloved wife. Poor man, he had no-one to look after the little
child and had to keep the baby with him even when he is at work – not in office
but on the streets, pulling the rickshaw, a strenuous job. Daily Post concludes stating that Jatav is
overwhelmed by offers of help after his story emerged and it is believed the
Indian authorities are now stepping in to help him after hearing of his plight.
Now the one in Dinamalar…… At Jaipur, a girl child has turned her
father in to a rich person worth lakhs within months of her birth. It is the story of Babloo Jatav, a rickshaw
puller in the streets of Jaipur in Rajasthan.
The man aged 34, had his wife admitted in Jaipur Govt hospital on 20th
of last month, from when his woes grew more.
During childbirth, his wife died and the
child had lot of complications adding to the burdens. The hospital sent out the child handing over
the new-born to the father. With no support, the man had to shoulder the burden
– he could not rest at home, had to be on the streets to make his ends meet and
still had to take care of the infant too.
He got an innovative idea – that of a cloth sling – he took the baby in
the sling and carried it wherever he went, taking loads of people and
transporting them places.
The extraordinary care and concern he
showered on the sick child moved people; this was shown on a private local
channel too – he was on the local vernacular press – and that changed his way of life.
The child Damini meantime had some complications and had to be
hospitalized – a private hospital offered free treatment keeping the child in
incubator.
The child reportedly is still in hospital
but has recovered well – would be discharged sooner. Good hearted people have started worrying,
how the poor father would take care of her.
As the news spread, more people are willing to help and the help is
swelling.. Rajastan State Govt has come forward to foot the medical bill;
Jaipur District Collector has offered help; a Bank has donated new cycle
rickshaw worth Rs.10,000/- ; many people have provided financial help,
depositing money in to a Savings bank account of the poor cycle rickshaw puller which
reportedly is worth 14 lakhs now.
The poor man firmly says that
he will nurture the motherless child so well and ensure that she studies well
and grows well. He says with assurance that ‘he would never beg using the child’ and
that the Society should never neglect the girl child and perhaps he could set an
example.
The care and affection of Bablu Jatav as also the kind-heartedness of
people deserve appreciation. Humanity
still lives
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar .
http://www.dinamalar.com/News_Detail.asp?Id=573309
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