Journey to the end... Destinations are few...

It is just one of my experiences that I wanted to share.

Today, I wanted to have coffee... so I stopped by this 'street cafe' stall and asked him for a coffee, the shop owner didn't have change of 100 bugs, so I thought let’s try the cheese grilled sandwich and that way the change he will have to return will be manageable for him.

So I ordered for a 45 bugs cheese grilled sandwich, it was prepared with three slices of bread stuffed with fresh vegetables and cheese and some sauces! Three slices of bread with all the stuffed thing was grilled and cut into 4 pieces and served with some ketchup... they looked HUGE... and delicious. As I started consuming it in, after like 3 minutes... and managing to finish two pieces... I was so...totally totally stuffed!!!

But, then I realized my social responsibility of not wasting food... and took 5 more minutes to finish the third piece! God… that was one hell of a task….. and after that… I hit the dead end!

Somehow, my conscience didn't allow me to throw the 4th piece into that big dustbin which was already filled with food wasted by several people, even if I would have tried to throw it there... I guess five more things from the dustbin would have found places outside the dustbin (Ever heard about Law of Cohesion???) but I couldn’t…. I remembered that innocent face.

I was feeling so bad that I started walking down the street towards her. She always used to look at people passing by... with one hand stretched... torn clothes... face filled with mud... and her health, as if she has not eaten since months.

When I showed her the sandwich piece and asked if she wanted it, she replied with a low voice which was barely audible… but I could make out… “Ye kya hai? (What is this?)” I said “khane ka hai (Food)”, I gave that fourth piece, which cost some 11.25 bugs, to her and turned back.

On my way back, I saw a street food vendor, he was cooking Rice and Daal (pulses) and a Curry. I remembered someone telling me… these street food vendors charge 15 bugs for one full plate of food. I was ashamed, I was ashamed at what I had done in past, what I did today… and what I could have done today… I was ashamed of what I had seen when some of my friends do it… what I see everyday happening at several big food joints… huge food courts… restaurants…and so many other places!!

The 10-20-30 bugs food that we waste after already stuffing us with more than the required food, can actually be a full plate meal to someone… someone who has not eaten full stomach in a week!!

Let us think about at least one person… who is hungry… let us not waste those 10-20-30 bugs… let us stop... Think for a minute… whether… there is someone… we see everyday... Who is hungrier than the dust bins…! Let us help them!

Save food… Save life…!!!