FIGHT FOR LIFE (Shanti Devi)

World has always been harder for a woman, and it gets more painful when her own sons adds more folds to her pain after her husband passes away.

Someone has said that two parent can take care of 5 children, but those 5 sons can’t take responsibility of their parents when they get old.

An old lady of age around 60 sits in the starting of Azmal Khan road, Karol Bagh. Usually I have seen her in the morning while going to my office. Once I went her to know her life. She told her name is Shanti Devi, her husband died many years back. His two sons also died in some accident, she has one son right now of age around 25. He is unmarried and doesn’t work as such. She resides somewhere in Mangol puri. She told that one auto rickshaw driver drops her here, where she begs. And takes her back in the evening. She told that she can’t prepare food and so purchase ready food from some dhabba but if I provide her some raw stuff she will.

I noticed that she was having some white strip on her leg, on asking she showed a large wound. She told, her treatment is going on from Hindu Rao hospital, and that is free of cost. But some prescribed healing tablet she has to purchase. I took empty foil of the tablet, and assured her that I would give her the medicine as required. She told she has to take 2 medicines daily, one in the morning and one in the evening.

As it was cold, I got her two sweaters and one warm sox.

15.01.16********************

Items given 

Tea (250gm)                                               85

Sugar (1kg)                                                 40

Total                                                         125/-

   

21.01.16********************

Items given

Aata (2kg)                                                    50

Daal (1kg)                                                   120

Haldi (100 gm)                                             20

Chilli Powder (100gm)                                 20

Sox                                                                30

Medicine (4 leaf-each having 6 tablets)     330

Total                                                            570/-

05.02.16********************

Medicine (4 leaf-each having 6 tablets)       320

Sugar (1kg)                                                     40

Total                                                              360/-