Saturday, June 2, 2012

Charity

Nina was leaving the first village she had been working with. She was again saying her good byes to familiar smiling faces. Her organisation had donated a lot of money and food to them for over 5 years! What joy on everyone's face. She sat in her big chauffeur driven car and left. As soon as she left, the men went and bought alcohol out of the money and the women split the grains. One man used that money to pay dowry for his under aged daughter. Young boys started gambling when the mother of the blue shirt boy arrived and said, "Don't you have school?" He replied saying, "Who needs school? We are comfortable. She will be back in a few months with more money."

Nina reached the second village with a truck following her with all the supplies for that village. She went to the Village head who was the nicest man she'd met. He had two beautiful granddaughters who smiled and ran to her for candies. She gave him all the supplies for everyone. Then, she gave him a sack full of money. The little girls offered her water and sweets. She nodded her head and said no. She added, "You need it more that I do. I have chilled water in the car."
As soon as she left, the villagers came one by one to the head to collect their grains. Some traded it for their house, some their farm and the others for their women. That night the 60 year old Village head abused three women one after the other and then handed them a pack of grains for the month. To one of them he even gave money. "Not everyday one gets lucky to have a untouched 15 year old in bed", he thought.

Nina finally reached home. She was exhausted. Her neighbours gave her a warm welcome and heard stories about how happy people were in the villages. She felt so proud, yet humble and said, "Oh! It's nothing. I am lucky to meet such nice people."

She entered her penthouse and went straight into her hot tub, switched on her 32" LED TV and watched her favourite soap.