It was wednesday 2nd of july 2008, a normal day for me. I was staying in my new apartment in HRBR Layout. I got up early at 6AM to get ready to go to office. The stop where I need to catch the company bus was 1km away so I need to leave atleast 15min early. It was 7:15 when I rached the stop and I was shortly joined by Mr.Kim ...a south korean working in L&T since 3 years...he too takes the bus from the same stop. We were chatting as usual....then I saw a beautiful girl approaching us. She was short, wheatish complexion with long hairs which were nicely tied to make plates. Her smile was what attracted me the most.
This is the conversation we had later on (may be not as it was)
She: Are you from L&T ?
Me : Yes
She: Actually, I took bus service from yesterday and I am supposed to pick-up the bus in the previous stop at 7:15 ...But I was worried as it was 7:20 already. So I asked my brother to drop me to the next stop hoping to find someone from L&T. I saw your tag and just enquired.
Me: ooh don't worry usually the bus comes 10-15 mins late than standard time.
Then I continued chatting with Mr.Kim. There she was standing waiting for the bus.
Me : Did you recently join L&T ?
She: Yes, but actually I have joined as a MTech project trainee for 10 months.
Me : Oooh thats great ...where are you doing your MTech from ?
She: I am doing it from CMRIT.
Me : ooh I too was in L&T during my MTech Project time.
She: Whats your name ?
Me : Ashok ....Ashok Patil ! Whats your name ?
She: Archita ......Archita
We both told our names twice coz we were not sure whether both of us heard it in noise of the traffic :)
I did not see her the next two days. Weekend passed and I think on tuesday I went to the stop as usual. But Once there I immediatly noticed her standing with a friend and gave me a smile.....hmm well thats the best thing about her...her smile :))). I wished to talk to her but she was busy talking to some girl ...her friend I guess. Mr.Kim joined me and we started our normal chatting.
Then what happened next has inspired me to write this. As I was chatting with Mr.Kim a BMTC bus stopped in front of us. The door opened exactly in front of us. A short handicapped man got down and came down limping. Very soon he opened his foldable stick....which made us realise that he is blind too. I immediatly felt that its too dangerous for him to be there, as it was ring road junction. He took the road railing as a guide and moved further towards the signal. I assumed that he will manage some how. He had to pass from where Archita was standing. What I was hesitant in doing ...Archita did not waste a single moment after she saw him and asked him if he wanted any help. The man actually wanted to cross the road. So there she went holding his hand and helped him cross the road. Looks like it is straight from a movie scene....but it happened in front of me. It was really a inspiring and touching move from her. By the time she left him on the other side, our bus arrived. I holded the bus till Archita returned and I thanked her for what she did as I felt that It should have been done by me.
I really respect her a lot for what she did. Thanks Archita once again.
This is the conversation we had later on (may be not as it was)
She: Are you from L&T ?
Me : Yes
She: Actually, I took bus service from yesterday and I am supposed to pick-up the bus in the previous stop at 7:15 ...But I was worried as it was 7:20 already. So I asked my brother to drop me to the next stop hoping to find someone from L&T. I saw your tag and just enquired.
Me: ooh don't worry usually the bus comes 10-15 mins late than standard time.
Then I continued chatting with Mr.Kim. There she was standing waiting for the bus.
Me : Did you recently join L&T ?
She: Yes, but actually I have joined as a MTech project trainee for 10 months.
Me : Oooh thats great ...where are you doing your MTech from ?
She: I am doing it from CMRIT.
Me : ooh I too was in L&T during my MTech Project time.
She: Whats your name ?
Me : Ashok ....Ashok Patil ! Whats your name ?
She: Archita ......Archita
We both told our names twice coz we were not sure whether both of us heard it in noise of the traffic :)
I did not see her the next two days. Weekend passed and I think on tuesday I went to the stop as usual. But Once there I immediatly noticed her standing with a friend and gave me a smile.....hmm well thats the best thing about her...her smile :))). I wished to talk to her but she was busy talking to some girl ...her friend I guess. Mr.Kim joined me and we started our normal chatting.
Then what happened next has inspired me to write this. As I was chatting with Mr.Kim a BMTC bus stopped in front of us. The door opened exactly in front of us. A short handicapped man got down and came down limping. Very soon he opened his foldable stick....which made us realise that he is blind too. I immediatly felt that its too dangerous for him to be there, as it was ring road junction. He took the road railing as a guide and moved further towards the signal. I assumed that he will manage some how. He had to pass from where Archita was standing. What I was hesitant in doing ...Archita did not waste a single moment after she saw him and asked him if he wanted any help. The man actually wanted to cross the road. So there she went holding his hand and helped him cross the road. Looks like it is straight from a movie scene....but it happened in front of me. It was really a inspiring and touching move from her. By the time she left him on the other side, our bus arrived. I holded the bus till Archita returned and I thanked her for what she did as I felt that It should have been done by me.
I really respect her a lot for what she did. Thanks Archita once again.
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