How hard a life can be..
Think of spending your life alone.. earn alone.. eat alone.. even when you have a family..
A family in which you have 2 sons and 2 daughters.. Cant even think of agony one can have..
From last more than 2 years I was watching a very old lady. Who used to sit road side, outside a government school. She sells 1-5 rupees local chips to school's students. One day I went to her and purchased her all stuff, in hope to reduce her burden of a day or two at least. I could feel happiness on her face. In that small meet she told, that she lost her husband and 2 sons long time back, and now she has to earn her food herself, and no one is there to help her.
Few days back on 27.01.15, with a thought of helping her, I met her. First she refused to sit in the car but than she agreed to be in. She told me her story. I could see that she is having severe cataract in one of her eye. I offered her that if she want I can arrange her eye operation, but she refused as she does not have anyone to take care of her after operation.
Her name is Leela Devi, she told me her husband's name but I dont want to mention that here. I dont want to mention a man's name who never bothered about his family and wife.
She told me that she has 4 son and 2 daughters. Two of them died long time back, as they used to drink from the age of 10. They got that habit of drinking from their father. I asked her if she never tried to stop them, she said, that she did. But they used to beat her if she ever insisted to quit drinking.
Now her other sons does not live with her, and she resides alone. Her daughters also get married and cant have their mother with them. Her daughters used to come to meet her once in a month or 2, and sometime do give her 50-100 rs. which is not that enough for her living. None of her son keeps her with them, or never give her food or money for living.
So she has to earn herself in the age of 75-80. (She was not very sure of her age. )
Her landlord does not take rent from her. She has to spend around 40 rs daily to reach the school from her home on rickshaw. As she cant walk that far, with the stuff she used to sell.
She is able to earn 25-30 rs a day. which goes to be nil, during weekends and school holidays.
I gave her some daily eatables and 350 rs cash. (I have not included this cash in SURseva's account.
1 litre oil 86
250 gm tea 50
1 kg sugar 30
1 kg masur dall 86
250 gm red chilli powder 45
250 gm turmeric powder 45
1 kg salt 15
250 gm Jeera 60
1 kg arhar daal 86
1/2 kg mung daal 53
1 kg bura 55
250 gm dhaniya powder 55
1 kg rice 30
5 kg aata 100
Total 796/-
I shall try to help her in living, at least if I can ease her some pain.
May god bless her, and give me the strength to see such life's truths.
04.02.15********************
Today I met that lady just to say hello, she was not looking well. She told that she is having fever and BP problem, I asked her that why she has come to work when she has sufficient food at home. She told as she has to go to doctor, that's why she has come for work. I gave her 200 Rs for medicines and doctor's fee.
04.03.15********************
Gave sweets to her on the occasion of Holi.
Cost: 120 Rs.
23.03.15********************
Food Items
Sugar (1kg) 39
Chana Daal (1/2kg) 45
Mustard Oil (1 Lt) 85
Arhar Daal (1/2kg) 48
Masur Daal (1/2kg) 45
Masur Dhuli (1/2kg) 45
Rin (2Packet) 18
Soap (2Pc) 40
Biscuit (1packet) 28
Wheat flour (5kg) 110
Total: 503/-
18.09.15********************
Food Items
Mustard Oil (1 Lt) 90
Salt (1kg) 25
Tea (250gm) 50
Sugar (2kg) 60
Arhar Daal (1kg) 111Masur Daal (1kg) 110
Soap (4Pc) 63
Wheat flour (5kg) 110
Rin (4Packet) 62
Mung Daal (1/2kg) 50
Chilli Powder (200gm) 50
Turmeric (200gm) 50
Total: 721/-
22.02.16********************
Food Items
Mustard Oil (1 Lt) 95
Salt (1kg) 17
Tea (250gm) 50
Sugar (2kg) 68
Masur Daal (1kg) 95Masur Daal Chilka (1kg) 92
Soap (2Pc) 38
Wheat flour (5kg) 130
Rin (2Packet) 34
Mung Daal (1/2kg) 55
Chilli Powder (200gm) 50
Turmeric (200gm) 50
Dhaniya Powder (200gm) 60
Total: 834/-
