Originally posted by: vickosh
I am glad that people have taken an objection to my above comment because this way it gets people thinking. I feel that in life everybody comes with some kind of disability. Some with physical and some with mental. The poor kids who beg and live on the roads who have never be given a chance at life just by being born into poverty are severly disabled. They are never even given the tools to get out of it.
Ok I dont want to move away from the topic here, but I needed to post this so you see my point of view. Have you ever worked with the poor people in India, lepers, visited an old age home, visited an orphanage. I did this when I was in India, I along with my team would arrange campaigns to abolish leprosy in India and what happened. We had huge corporations and international organizations like united nation supporting our campaign, doctors, nurses who would go out of their working schedules to bring people to the clinic, support workers educating people to get themselves checked and treated as soon as possible.
We would have to drag people to the clinic everyday and everyday we would have them run away, we asked them why. Along with medication they were getting a place to stay and also food. They told us to Get lost and leave them alone, some of them would openly curse and abuse us for helping them, they called this disease their living bread, they earned money because they had this disease and they enjoyed living on the streets. Then we thought fine, maybe we can help them get better jobs, women could help out in the cottage industry, we promised them work after a few months of training which include board and food, but that too didnt work, because they made more money on the streets. I have even worked with the old age homes, and most of our old where thrown there because of the fact that they shivered when they ate and dirtied their tables. And here is a kid with disability who make a big name for himself and we want to show him how disgusting our world is.
Diwakar is a disabled child with parents who did not think of abandoning him in an orphanage when they realized he was disabled. They brought him up with dignity and with respect for himself and that is what makes him unique. Diwakar brings a promise to other children who are equally disabled that you can make big in this world all you have to do is dream big and work hard to make it a reality. Gajji may have made this whole drama of bringing Diwakar back because he wants to fill his pockets, but knowingly or unknowingly he has made a wish for a child who is disabled that you can dream big and make it big all you have to do is pray hard, believe in yourself and work even harder. Hats off to him for giving a disabled child a second chance.
Maybe there will be an opportunity for a poor child and then children on the street will realize let me check into this helpful organizations instead of running away and work hard and make it big like everyone else. At this moment I havent been involved very much with any organization in India, I am busy setting up a non-profit organization, which will provide aid to these children on the streets, and more importantly education. Hope I can acheive this goal.
