HANDICAPPED

HANDICAPPED

I was returning from the railway station after returning from my trip to Birnagar. The events of the trip is irrelevant to the incident I am going to state now. I got down at sealdah station which was at the time packed with men. It was hard to keep up with my mom's pace as she was being pushed forward by a flock of human. It was turning out to be quiet an ordeal for me to catch up to my mother. When I did reach up to her, I was almost panting. My mother all of a sudden pointed at a couple talking to each other and revealed to me something which compelled me to write about it. She said the neither of the said couple didn't have an eyesight. What amazed me that despite such adverse situation in the station, they didn't let go of each other. More so, i was surprised to find that they expressed to each other what they felt through their other senses. Needless to say, they relied on each other and didn't leave each other even for another second. Something that is missing nowadays in people who are privileged enough to lead a normal life. They are blessed with everything a human needs. Yet what they lack now is a heart. The only way of expression of love most of the times are now done away with some messages in Facebook or whats app. The social media witnesses a lot of babus and shonas. But does anyone have the guts to love someone despite her faults. His or her defects. We always look for rich men coming down with their BMW. Who in this world will accept a physically challenged person if he isn't that rich to clench your thirst for money. Such love hardly exists. Then how is it that this blind couple stick to each other. Is it because they are blind? Or because they have no one to rely on. Maybe they are just handicapped because they lack eyes and maybe we are handicapped  because we lack a heart.

                                                          ~ Suchismita basu roy