they are scoundrels and real culprits! Did such a flagrant prank with a poor blind. It is beyond the all limits of endurance! May god bless them who helped the blind boy. Regards,
Shadab Husain. --- Suman Rath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ 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
