HELPLESS LIVES…………..VOICELESS HUMANS………?
"Haadonda Haadabeku..Adu Bahu Kaala Baala Beku." someone was singing in a shrill voice
. I turned and saw a small, may be 4-5 years old girl, dressed shabbily, with a torn bag on her shoulder, was standing next to me, with her arms open, pleading for some money. Soon she heard the horn of the bus and rushed out. All this happened when I was seven years old. This was my first and an unforgettable encounter with a beggar. She gave a valuable lesson to my life through those meaningful words.
WHO ARE THESE BEGGERS?
There are people, whose profession is to beg. There are people, due to circumstances, lose all that they have and become people of the street. Begging becomes the only way, that they have their daily bread. There are also people who are made beggars by some selfish-powerful hands.
Quite often, we find them in public places, shabbily dressed, with vulgar language and with a pleading face. They are an integral part of today's society.
PSYCHOLOGICAL BACKGROUND OF BEGGARS.
A big number of beggars often suffer from several psychological problems, suggest the studies at "Beggers Colony,Bangalore". Naturally, they'll have to show themselves as abnormal people, to get their fill. Thus a beggar tends to harm himself physically, which intern harms his/her psyche. They lack basic psychological support system. Their need for intimacy, relationships and for human touch is hardly met. Thus they lose control over their own selves, for the reasons they can least help.
PHYSICAL BACKGROUND OF BEGGERS:
Beggars suffer from various illnesses due to the unhygienic conditions around them. We can very often see them around public garbages, near crematoriums and near public places of celebrations, to take the left over's.
Their food lacks necessary nutrients, since they can't really plan for it. Since their whole focus is on begging, they can hardly focus on their physique. Thus beggars are also known as the nasty or stinking people. A great number of beggars breathe their last due to various health reasons.
HUMANITARIAN LEVEL:
As a student, I learnt in my school that food, shelter and clothing are the three basic needs of a human. Beggars are not secured of all the three. These are people, unsure of their tomorrow and they live for the day.
When a child is born in a family, the first thing the parents think of, is the education of that child and how to form this child into a great personality. But what happens when a child is born in the family of beggars? They can only think of, how can they use this child in their begging and how they can turn it into another beggar. Is this their fault? In my opinion, the fault lies in the structure of the society. Beggars will never be able to look beyond these structural barriers.
Recently in the Beggers Colony Deaths Issue', many things came into the picture. They are unjustly treated'-these words would summarize the whole scenario. But will a beggar ever be able to raise his voice against this injustice? Can he afford a lawyer and fight his battle in the court of law?
These are truly the voiceless lives. These are the lives who cannot speak for themselves. Even if they speak, there are no ears, so patient to listen to them.
DO THEY HAVE DREAMS?
"Dream dreams
Dreams turn into thoughts
Thoughts transform into actions"
- said the great Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. May be a beggar can desire to have something but he can ever afford to dream to be somebody in today's society. For dreams are beyond his/her reach. Their life is lived for the moment; dreams have no place in such lives. Even if they dream, they can only remain unfulfilled. Don't you think, these are lives which are less hoped for or hopeless lives?
NEED OF THE HOUR
There is a great difference between giving 5 rupees to a beggar and treating him equally. What the beggar needs today is a humane treatment from the society; from you and me. A smile, a kind gesture, a loving word above all treating him as a human being would do a world of good to a beggar.
What we need today is an attitudinal change, within ourselves towards these hopeless lives. A societal and communitarian movement would further help in improving their present state. But will it ever be possible, in today's corrupt, class minded, highly politicized society of ours?
HELPLESS LIVES..VOICELESS HUMANS?
By: Ksjwriters
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