:)) @ SIDELIGHTS This is exactly one of the reasons why I suggested choosing early hours for blanket distribution. Beggars running behind for half km :)) I would be scared to death by the sight and give them whatever they want'. Some of them indeed beg for just no reason like you mentioned about kerala team :)
I also said rainy day if possible since you will only see genuine & shelterless ppl in need drenching in the rain. Pictures of BDP reminded me of cover stories from India today and such magazines. I am glad you guys could do something for them, though it might be very less against changing their present positions. Thnks for sharing the pictures. -Divya --- In [email protected], "ulprasanthi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Friends, > > Good Morning. > > Wishing you all a very Happy, Prosperous and Wonderful New Year - 2007. > > We thought of distributing blankets yesterday night and changed our > mind and decided to distribute early in the morning. We started, a > little bit late than planned, at 6 am. > > Yesterday night Kasyap has taken six blankets with him to start the > distribution. > > This morning Ratan ji, me, Dr. Sundar, Dr. Kavita and Murthy went to > Sec'bad and we distributed blankets to deserving persons. I will > upload the photos sometime this day. > > The heartrending and difficult issue is that many people come, gather > and they ran behind us. Ofcourse they are poor but they can manage > without our blankets too. We wanted to give to old, handicap people. > But few of them ran nearly 1/2 km behind us and we had to give them. > They are all poor but some of them are young too. Anyways we think all > this is a learning experience and we can define best strategies as we > keep on working. We distributed around 25 to 30 blankets I suppose. > > Actually Srinivas also would have accompanied but we couldn't inform > him. I will ring to Suresh garu, Srinivas and Kasyap today and find > out if they are interested in distributing tonight. > > The best times are either night or dawn - 11 pm to 12 pm or 3 am to 5 > am. > > There are 7 to 8 people near my house. They are old beggars. > > We tried talking with few people initially. They have come from Kerala > and settled here. They made begging as their vocation. When I asked > him why they have come from Kerala, they said they have come just like > that. No specific reason. Later on we cannot ask as more and more > people are coming to us. > > Sidelights: > > One person who is covering himself with gunny bag refused to take > blanket from us. > > One person who seems like a mad man, ran away when we tried to give > him the blanket. > > Murthy tried to wake up people and give so that other people cannot > take away the blanket from them. At one place he just kept the blanket > on the person and then woke him up. It seems he is some worker and may > be due to late night or something he slept on the pavement. He looked > very embarrassed :) > > Thank you. > > with regards, > Prasanthi. >
