“I want to study but my
Aba…. He does not allow us.” The girl said in utmost despair.
But why? I asked the girl
whom I met yesterday while waiting for the university bus.
“Aba sends me along with
my younger siblings to ask for money from people.
Only my younger brother
has the luxury to get an education.” She said.
Her eyes were filled with
fear and hopelessness. She stammered as if she was battling the “obedient
daughter” who was compelling her to remain quiet.
“He…he buys drugs from
that money and punishes us if we ask him to buy us food.
He even beats my mother
when she “tries” to stand for us out of her maternal compassion. ” she said
with her hands fisted together in anger and trepidation.
On the road, people blabbering with each other, Sun was shining on the top, but deep inside
her, a storm was hidden in her fidgety appearance. She wanted to
get out of that but couldn’t.
She was hopeless, living
on the ground but wanted to touch the sky. She didn’t have money for food but
her spirit to get an education was high. Although she was buried under cumbersome circumstances and unable to get an education but, she was helping her
younger brother to study and fulfill his dreams.
Meanwhile, I saw two
children coming towards me. Both of them were also hungry. I bought them some
food and they ran away. And so came my bus and this en route to the world of
hopelessness and the continuous struggle ended.
When I sat on the bus I
thought that this is not the only case, there are a lot of children and
families who are homeless, who do not have clothes to wear, food to eat, and
books to read. Some children don’t want to study but their
parents want them to do so. On other hand, some children want to
fulfill their dreams but their parents are the greatest barrier in achieving
their dreams. All these sapiens are battling their extraordinary inner traumas,
outer worries, and life struggles, but they seem very ordinary
and normal on the surface. We need to build compassion to see through these lives. We need
more healers around as there are pretty many wounded souls to be taken care of.
-Aniba Hassnain
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That's so heartbreaking.... :(
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