This morning and afternoon I did two important stuff...I visited an old age home for dying destitutes which is run by Mother Teresa and I was watching the film "Border". Many people might be aware of " Mother Teresa" and also might know the film Border is based on an actual war.
In the dying destitute home, I found many sisters working restlessly for the destitutes and also saw many volunteers who come from all over the world to serve these destitutes. People might say that sisters are bound to do this, but what bout these young volunteers, boys and girls, spending time away from home , serving these dying people, are they mad? What is driving them to do this activity, rather spending time in self-activites. The driving force is that they feel suffering people's pain more than their own. So, there are people like Sadhna, who put others comfort and their "Seva dharm" above their self-comforts and "mera khushi/mera gum".
Next come to the numerous soldiers who give us protection so that we can sleep peaceful nights. Many of them come from many well-do-families, and who do not need to sacrifice their lives or stay away from their beloved for the sake of the country. There are numerous self-less soldiers. I feel these types of people are still more than the average minded people, thats the reason we are still sleeping peacefully in our homes. Are these brave soldiers really hard to be understood or labelled as "egoistic/mahaan" in a sarcastic tone?
Last example, I'ld give of Late Sandeep Unnikrishnan, who sacrificed his life during the last Mumbai Terrorist attack. I read an article about him and his self-less nature...once he was climbing mountain and was very thirsty, so he ran to drink water from a tube well during their short break. But when he reached some civilians wanted him to help with the pump so that they can drink water. Eventually it so happened, he never got the time to drink water...what would you call him...pagal or egoistic that he wanted to prove him "Mahaan" as many people call Sadhna...
There are numerous girls in our society who are like Sadhna and because of them we still see joint families and people believing in the concept of altruism...there was a Mother Teresa, there was a Swami Vivekanand, there are numerous social workers, there are numerous "sipais" of our country who still put others interest before their own and do not even hesitate to lay down their lives for the betterment of others...mind them they all come from families like you and me...Mother Teresa did not become mother teresa in one day....
then why is Sadhna's character so hard to be believed...because of people like Sadhna, the world is still going on as they never hesitate to lay down their lives for the betterment of others, but they do not get one word of appreciation also.....