This is a touching story based on a real life experience!
I recall once some years ago I was in a taxi in Mumbai with my sister-in-law.
We had bought some stuff and also some vegetables and red tomatoes.
At a crossing, the traffic light was red and so the taxi halted.
Three children came running with open hands begging. As usual my mind had different thoughts to give or not to give.
But the milk of human kindness prevailed and I opened my purse to look for some money to give.
My anxiety that the traffic lights would soon change to green made me fumble and as I did not find any cash I took out some tomatoes and handed it to the children.
They looked at me with surprise and said they wanted only money.
So a bit irritated I told them that after all they would not be able to eat money.
It was better to get tomatoes.
So they left with the tomatoes.
We had hardly inched a few yards forward in that super- crowded area when again the taxi stopped.
This time two women beggars came with open hands. By this time I had retrieved cash from my purse and so I offered them money.
And what do you think they said? We want tomatoes.
I was amused no end.
Perhaps they were the mothers of those beggar children who got tomatoes from me a little while ago or had seen me giving them tomatoes.
It made me wonder at the eternal human predicament.
We seek what we get not and get what we seek not!
Life is like this.
Man is ever on a quest...... chasing shadows and never content!
