I spent last week teaching my 1.5-year-old daughter to gibberish (sing) better- she cutely uttered gibberish while poking my face. In the car, while singing songs with mispronounced words, my thoughts drifted to this couple - The forever lost couple.
I keep meeting this couple, though not very often. I have met them in different places - railway stations, bus terminuses, next to my work place, outside a coffee shop.
Whenever I meet them, the first thing they ask me is, “Do you know Hindi?” Without a thought, I will say “Thoda thoda malum”…the very next thing I’ll do after hearing their story is hand over some money for their safe return home.
Whenever they thank me for the help, the one bizarre thought that comes to my mind is - what if someday when I am traveling with my family, someone pick-pocketed my stuff and I am lost? Maybe someone would help me like this. I know it is just an inexplicable thought.
I can recall faces quite well. Once, I remember seeing the same couple with noticeably older kids. I was so disappointed to see them use the same tactics. I have also watched them from the corner, whenever someone happens to listen to their story – I see myself listening.
Surprisingly, these days they don’t come to me. I guess they too recall faces. Maybe, I am not the same person they are looking for, nor do I have ears for them.
As I said earlier, I can recall faces. I do not meet the same couple every time – they are different most of the times. But one thing is common – they are lost forever.
Maybe you would have also met /seen this couple – how did you react to them?
I keep meeting this couple, though not very often. I have met them in different places - railway stations, bus terminuses, next to my work place, outside a coffee shop.
Whenever I meet them, the first thing they ask me is, “Do you know Hindi?” Without a thought, I will say “Thoda thoda malum”…the very next thing I’ll do after hearing their story is hand over some money for their safe return home.
Whenever they thank me for the help, the one bizarre thought that comes to my mind is - what if someday when I am traveling with my family, someone pick-pocketed my stuff and I am lost? Maybe someone would help me like this. I know it is just an inexplicable thought.
I can recall faces quite well. Once, I remember seeing the same couple with noticeably older kids. I was so disappointed to see them use the same tactics. I have also watched them from the corner, whenever someone happens to listen to their story – I see myself listening.
Surprisingly, these days they don’t come to me. I guess they too recall faces. Maybe, I am not the same person they are looking for, nor do I have ears for them.
As I said earlier, I can recall faces. I do not meet the same couple every time – they are different most of the times. But one thing is common – they are lost forever.
Maybe you would have also met /seen this couple – how did you react to them?
1 comments:
how many times u paid them??
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