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. --- Arup Chakraborty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > __________________________________________________________ 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
