A few days ago, I was looking for an address in a narrow lane in Banaswadi. My son was parking the car some distance away. A man stopped by, on a scooter. Shabbily dressed,he looked like a delivery man of sorts.I asked him for the address. He did not know. He fished out his mobile phone and began calling a friend, asking him about the address. The driver of a water tanker stopped by. He talked to the guy on the scooter. They then told us where to go. They were so solicitous, asking us whether we understood the directions or not, waving us goodbye. It was so heart warming, this help from complete strangers. We read so much about brutality and apathy in newspapers. We despair. There is warmth and love in the world. And when it shows up, it feels good to belong to the human race.
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