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Intense passion for swimming

Finding a lanky boy in a dark red T-shirt wandering around as though he had just returned from his regular daily swimming practice was obviously a total surprise. This  was not the case at all. He can't explain why he decided on routine swimming, despite his considerable height. He didn't appear to realise that the chlorine in the water would turn his face dark. He and two other older boys were swimming without realising this important fact. This will continue for a minimum period of one full month, as was revealed. Every day, these three lads go to a nearby pool to practice swimming. But the younger one did not go for the usual practice  on the particular day since he had developed a slight cough, which was definitely learned following his smart disclosure in the night.  He seemed to be unaware of the fact that chlorine in the water would darken his fair face. Unaware of this significant reality, he and two others continued swimming. This  goes on regularly but sudd...

Helping hands across generations


I shall, of course, be endeavouring to write off a comparative occurrence at this very delicate moment. If I strain to take rather a brief diversion from the agonising bustle of everyday harsh existence, I would certainly think to talk about a situation that has been coming to my mind recently. Because I faced such a situation unintentionally. 

I was a little more preoccupied with getting to the nearby mosque for the prayer the other evening. Though I tried hard to evade the standing woman in a veil, she addressed me for a substantial cause. I listened to her and mitigated her concern immediately.

On one side of the way, she was standing in her usual black shrouded garment. A little farther on, there stood a common battery-operated rickshaw. It was awaiting payment from that forthright frank woman. It was apparently clear that she needed the total money to reimburse the rickshaw driver. She did not appear to have that amount.

Fortunately, my packet had the necessary amount. She knew who I was, even though I was unable to identify her promptly. I found out who the woman was when she gave me her very dominant name. 

Despite her instant assurance that she would reimburse the granted money through the boy whose identity she disclosed. I didn't give a damn since I carried on believing that I had saved a woman from a very dire situation. The nervous woman was treated really rudely by the rickshaw driver. 

It took me a few seconds to realize that her father had actually been to Allahabad once. He called me from the railway station, asking me to come and get him. My house wasn't too far from the station. He felt that was easy but strange. I did not walk over but reached by two-wheeler and contacted him where he was standing. The person he desired to meet wasn't too far from where I lived. I therefore assisted him in getting in touch with the individual. Between them, it was a business matter.

I never would have imagined that his daughter would need my assistance some years later. It was a startling coincidence in every way. Who knows what will occur in a second? Additionally, I was unaware of the abrupt circumstances. If I hadn't given her the money, the rickshaw man would have cursed her badly. Thus, my instant assistance during that crucial time was about as consoling as the numerous other cases that are comparable to mine.














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