An Observation

the day i spotted her was a late fall afternoon,under the bright orange of the setting sun....its long slant beams filtered through the long sprawling branches of the banyan tree under which stood the shiv mandir decorated heavily with flowers that day..........her tattered clothes and dishevelled appearance looked so mismatched against the backdrop of our posh locality.....i wonder whether i would have noticed her on any other ordinary day.....but today was altogether different, there was a huge commotion surrounding her, while some welldressed ladies from some ritzy appartment screamed and shouted at the top of their voices looking like they are about to burst.....it took me sometime to analyse their gibberish speech and i could make out the problem....it was a shivaratri celebration and the ladies had offered packets of sweets for prasad...and apparently the packets have gone missing.......And now i noticed the frail little creature.....younger than me but hard to assess her age from her undernourished appearance.....her eyes quite bright stood out amongst her features...and yet she looked scared.....clutching her dress against her chest.....trying to escape with her dear life.....

i wondered whether she had actually stolen the sweets.....i also wondered whether she knew that the constitution had provided that kids her age ....my age are entitled to foursquare meals a day.......would it be right to blame her even if she had actually stolen a sweet or two out of sheer hunger..........i still wonder..........