"I cried for shoes, till I saw a man feet-less".

This is by no doubt a quote which tears ur heart. A mention of this brings in a smile, which is very enigmatic and takes u to those moments of life when things were bad and u just smiled and waded through it. The subtle notions of life which are to be lived with.

If you are wondering what making me speak so much of funda's. Here is the background to this sojourn of mine.
Our company has a Voluntary Club, which is a recreation club, which works for doing some good work for the society. As part of its activity, a collection drive was organized at office, where employees contributed, things of daily use, which are useless to them now. Collection done, the big question of what do we do with 6 huge cartoons filled with useful stuff. After a lot of deliberation, a Blind School was suggested. A few of us visited this place y'day and gave away he stuff. What we saw was something which did dealt us with a blow. Not as in eye-opener to the sufferings of the world. The surprises were more of the girth and determination of people who take u the task of giving people life, giving their life to the battered souls. Sri Rakum School for the Blind, is run by Mr. Rakum, who shelters 175 (present count) underprivileged boys and girls, both sighted and visually impaired. Free food, clothing, shelter is provided to them, all this possible only though donations. No major publicity campaigns to donate. Everyday Mr. Rakum puts a white board, which spells the needs of the inmates.

Students here are trained at karate, Yoga, music, arts, crafts, computers, languages. I felt there are more privileged than us, for they have company of loved ones who will go any length to prove their needs, all with a smile. They may not be self-sufficient as far as materials are concerned, but they sure use all the resources they have to fulfill their needs.

Someone once said "Eyes don't see what the mind does not know" this was proved y'day. The place where this school is located is the road on which I go everyday, and not one day I bothered to stop and enquire. In the future, I hope to spend sometime with these special kids, whom God may have deprived of sight, but has sure blessed them with special strengths which possibly u and me can never think of.

A good start to this Good Friday weekend, I just cannot stop propagating this Blind School, and I have resolved to be a helpful part to this good initiative started 5 and half years back by Mr. Reagan.

Happy weekend fellas.