Friday 20 July 2012

Food for thought ...

"AGRRRRRRRR...... Sandwich again !" He made a face as he closed the lid of his lunch box and walked towards his school canteen. Today again he must remember to throw the lunch into the big dustbin on the way home. "Why did his mom make things so difficult for him !", he thought.

Her tiny hands could not reach inside the huge dustbin. Where did the bricks she kept there yesterday go ? She found them lying in a corner.  She ran as fast as her tiny legs could go and grabbed the bricks. She had to get it before the dogs came. Finally she grabbed her treasure . A smile broke out on her tear stained face. She looked towards the sky and slowly whispered " thank you mom for the sandwich"

Photo taken from Facebook - Satyamev Jayate


Submitted at Sunday Scribblings for the prompt -  Treasure

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56 comments:

  1. AmitAag20 July 2012 at 23:30

    Oh Tangy so thoughtful and touching..can feel a lump in my throat..

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  2. Ruchita20 July 2012 at 23:39

    oh such a thought ful post!!! yup we waste so much of food without thinking that a large portion of Indian population is still dont have food to eat.
    Love the post...

    If you have time do read mine as well:
    http://ruchitasnotsoordinarylife.blogspot.in/2012/07/draupadis-woes-rewind.html

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    1. TTT21 July 2012 at 06:29

      thanks ... read your post ..loved it !

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  3. Swarnali20 July 2012 at 23:57

    Wow...that was an amazing post, wonderful story excellently executed. Thanks for the info, will keep that in mind. :)

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  4. ranjaninarayanan21 July 2012 at 03:54

    a very nice and timely posted post! Whenever I attend a wedding or a party I see some people waste food like anything. Hope your post creates some awareness among people!

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  5. sathish kumar21 July 2012 at 05:41

    can somebody bring tears in four five lines!! dang! you did! in fact it is not food for thought it's a slap to think

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    1. TTT21 July 2012 at 06:31

      thanks for the encouragement satish ..

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  6. debajyoti21 July 2012 at 05:55

    and we see them everyday. once in a while we help some of them by providing food for the time being and the rest just go back empty stomach.

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  7. magiceye21 July 2012 at 06:50

    Very important message

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  8. ⁂ܓVållῐ ⁂ܓ☺21 July 2012 at 06:50

    Very moving post...Sometimes, I feel....wish God has given everything to everyone!

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  9. Rudra - The King21 July 2012 at 07:12

    great post.. i wish everyone will think about these helpless kids before wasting any food..

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    1. TTT23 July 2012 at 08:10

      people like us can definitely make a diff..

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  10. saikat mbka ghosh21 July 2012 at 07:21

    so sad..but a true fact....,yr post touched my soul and grieved my heart :(, certainly we must do sumthng for such kids..dey deserve a better life..if each 1 of us pledge to adopt one such child and help them lead a decent life...miracle gonna happen :)

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    1. TTT23 July 2012 at 08:11

      you are right ...there are numerous organizations which help you to sponsor kids ...

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  11. Saru Singhal21 July 2012 at 07:35

    That's sad. I wish we have such a system in our country where everyone can get atleast food. I have seen kids eating from garbage when I was in Noida. Such a sorry state.

    This is one brilliant post. Good that you are writing for BSR.

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    1. TTT23 July 2012 at 08:12

      even I have seen kids searching for food and it just breaks my heart ...

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  12. jaish_vats21 July 2012 at 08:43

    Wonderful and touching TTT!

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  13. umashankar21 July 2012 at 09:29

    I remember a few lines from Phil Collins:

    Oh
    Think twice
    'Cause it's another day for you
    You and me in paradise....

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    1. TTT23 July 2012 at 08:13

      thats a b'ful song ...it used to bring tears to my eyes ...

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  14. Panchali21 July 2012 at 13:08

    TTT....Beautiful piece, written with wisdom n compassion! Loved this...

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  15. Anil Kumar Yerrapragada21 July 2012 at 22:49

    Really moving indeed.
    Nice piece :)

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  16. D.Nambiar21 July 2012 at 23:30

    That's a great message, well put. :)

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  17. Ash22 July 2012 at 00:07

    really touching... when we waste food, we dont really think of all those who are forced to stay hungry.

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    1. TTT23 July 2012 at 08:15

      i agree ... i keep repeating this msg to people around me ...

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  18. A Homemaker's Utopia22 July 2012 at 04:34

    Very important issue..Nice message..:-)

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  19. indu chhibber22 July 2012 at 07:41

    very thoughtful post;when we have too much of something we don't appreciate it-& the stark contrast-it is painful.

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  20. Haricharan Pudipeddi22 July 2012 at 11:12

    Lovely post. Thought provoking and touching. And it's not merely, you've also succeeded in giving out a message. Good work. P.S I just joined your blog.

    Oh, if you like cinema, do check out my site - http://movieroundup.in/

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    1. TTT23 July 2012 at 08:16

      thanks ...and I just love cinema ...will def check out your site

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  21. Panchali22 July 2012 at 20:38

    TTT...That was such a moving one!!Hope no one goes hungry in this world...
    The contrast is had-hititng! So well penned!

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    1. TTT23 July 2012 at 08:17

      Thanks Pamchali... even i hope no one goes hungry in this world ...

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  22. Ghazala Hossain22 July 2012 at 23:31

    I hate wasting food so i heartily support you ~

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    1. TTT23 July 2012 at 08:17

      thats great Ghazala ... thank so much

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  23. Bikramjit23 July 2012 at 02:02

    I hope people listen .. Millions die of starvation in africa and other countries.. and we have the audacity to waste food .. shame on us

    Bikram's

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    1. TTT23 July 2012 at 08:19

      i know ...i have seen people even in my office cafeteria get extra food just b'coz they don't like standing in q and then dump e'thing in the waste ! shame on us !

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  24. Priya Sreeram23 July 2012 at 02:38

    truly heart wrenching - hope the message resonates out to all loud n clear

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  25. Sohini23 July 2012 at 03:20

    very touching!

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  26. oldegg23 July 2012 at 04:22

    One man's trash is another's treasure. How many of us really know what hunger is?

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  27. sajanrajagopal23 July 2012 at 07:51

    Very nice TTT. Your post bring to my mind the great poet Subramaniya Bharati. He says- “Burn the whole world if just one individual on this earth is starving without food.”
    Thatls the level of importance we need to give to hunger and starvation!
    Very well written.

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  28. Sudeshna Das23 July 2012 at 12:53

    This was so touching. I almost cried because I am guilty of this one. :(

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  29. Ashwini25 July 2012 at 22:00

    Very touching...

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  30. Ranjana's craft blog26 July 2012 at 12:06

    Really makes us to think...made my son also read this...

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  31. Vaishali Shelatkar28 July 2012 at 01:28

    Hey you have been tagged for Liebster award. Please check the link http://www.vaishu-soulcurry.blogspot.in/2012/07/my-first-blog-award.html

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