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I Am Privileged

"I am disgusted", Rohan screams in the room on a Friday evening. Fellow room-mate comes running in the room and saw Rohan frustrated and talking on phone. He waited for the conversation to get over and then gently asked Rohan, "brother, what is the problem? Why are you so upset?". It was like Rohan's roommate re-ignited the fire which was about to shut down and then it burnt the whole night. Rohan was upset on his annual appraisal which was not as expected. The whole night was spent drinking an expensive whisky.  Mira, a 25 year old girl is upset as most of her friends are getting settled in foreign countries and she is still in India. She has stopped visiting Facebook as it was demotivating for her to see all her friends getting married or visiting Europe. Most of the weekends, she spent time on her iphone x or shopping online.  Arjun was smoking the third cigarette because he realized that one of his college mate is earning more than him whereas he was be

The Red Roses

It was a sunny day and Chitra was on her way to office. Like every day, she reached Noida City Center metro station to go to her office in Gurgaon. She heard someone calling from behind, and she looks back to see a 9-10 years old girl running towards her with something in her hand.“didiji yehlo aapka rose (sister, here is your rose)”, she said to Chitra. Chitra smiled and took the red rose and gave Rs.10/- to Munni. Chitra knew Munni ( a girl who sells  “red roses”  at the metro station) as she used to buy one red rose from her just to make her smile and slowly it became a part of both the lives.  Munni used to be among half-dozens of girls who sell roses at metro station and other areas of public gathering. Nobody knows about Munni’s family and nobody has ever asked her about the same . Whenever Chitra used to ask munni about her family, she always ran away from there without saying a word . Munni used to request passengers of age in mid 20s to buy roses at Rs.10/- each and on spec

The Saturday Curse

It was a Saturday afternoon and Poonam & Amit were on the way to their hometown Meerut and were about to board bus from Vaishali metro station, Ghaziabad. Suddenly, one child of age nearly 10 years came to them in worn out clothes, carrying a small bucket and small portrait of Lord Shani dipped in mustard oil. Both of them were aware of the purpose as they have been witnessing this since birth. Amit was reluctant to give any money to the kid, but Poonam mentioned that "aisa nahin karte, yeh shani daan hain. Agar thode paise shani bhagwan ke name pe de doge to kya ho jayega, isse punya milta hain" (please don't deny this charity as this is for Lord Shani, rather it will bring good blessings for us). Eventually, Amit agreed and dropped Rs.1 coin in the bucket. On the way to board the bus, Amit saw more than 10 such buckets kept on the stairs of the metro station. Each bucket belonged to a different child but may be belonging to the same contractor.  In our countr

RTE (Right To Education) India 2018

As government of Delhi open the portal for EWS admission in Delhi , you can volunteer to help an underprivileged family admit their kid to a reputed private school in Delhi. Come forward and help. For EWS (Economic Weaker Section) Disadvantaged Group (DG) kids living in Delhi -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Website : www.edudel.nic.in Form Page : http://edustud.nic.in/mis/studentadmission/webform1.aspx Last Date for E filling: 21-Feb-18 EWS Admission First List: 07-Mar-18 EWS Admission Second List: 3rd Week of March Instructions on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2ymgymbds&feature=youtu.be Important Points:  Details of locality, sub locality and sub locality are critical to chose the right school. Hence fill them with accuracy. Also if the details of your locality, sub locality and sub sub locality are not present on the portal, then chose the one which is nearest to your locali