Hello friends, Its really horrible how bad greed and the requirement for money can drive some people.
Such incidents should be condemned by all and I hartily thank the NGO for their prompt action. Regards, Suman. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arup Chakraborty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "accessindia" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 11:11 PM Subject: [AI] Blind boy robbed of stick, money for books > Blind boy robbed of stick, money for books > PRASUN BHATTACHARYA > > Tarak Chandra: Harrowing tale. Picture by Sanjoy > Chattopadhyaya > A blind boy from a poor family, who cleared his > Madhyamik, had > collected Rs 130 with great difficulty and was coming to > Calcutta to buy books for the Higher Secondary course he > had > just enrolled in. > He dozed off on a Sealdah-bound local train on Friday > morning. > When he woke up, he found not just his money, but also > his > walking stick missing. > Nineteen-year-old Tarak Chandra had been robbed of his > dire > need - the stick, without which he could barely stumble > along > - and his dream - the Rs 130, without which he could not > take > the first steps towards becoming a teacher and helping > blind > boys and girls. > He broke down on reaching Sealdah station. > Seeing him weeping, a Samaritan stepped up to hold his > hand > and set off a chain of events that finally saw the blind > boy > returning home safe, with the books he was so desperately > seeking. > Tarak, a resident of Guma, in North 24-Parganas, and a > student > of arts at Habra High School, left home early on Friday. > He > was headed for the language academy of Lok Siksha > Parishad, at > Narendrapur, to buy his books. > Having lost his father early, Tarak's only source of > support > is his mother, who earns Rs 300 a month working as a cook > for > a family in their neighbourhood. > "I dozed off on a Bongaon local on my way to Sealdah," > Tarak > recalled. "Suddenly, I woke up and found my walking > stick, > that was lying on my lap, and the money in my shirt > pocket > missing. I can't walk without the stick. Helped by a man, > I > managed to reach the crowded taxi stand at Sealdah, but > failed > to move any further." > It was at the taxi stand that Basudev Sadhukhan, a > resident of > Tollygunge, saw Tarak weeping and went up to him. "He was > looking devastated. I had to help him," Sadhukhan later > said. > He took Tarak to Lighthouse for the Blind, a school on SP > Mukherjee Road in the Tollygunge area, from where Tarak > had > appeared for his Madhyamik. "I decided to go to my school > and > seek help from my former teachers. But, unfortunately, no > one > was there," Tarak said. > Sadhukhan then took him to Tollygunge police station, > nearby. > "When he was brought here, he was shivering and crying," > said > sub-inspector Subhojit Sen. Sen contacted NGO Hive India, > which took the boy to its office, bought him the books > and > cassettes he needed, and dropped him home. > "I thank all those who helped me when I had given up > hope," > said Tarak. > > Source The Telegraph July 8th > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
