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Sunday, October 20, 2013

A hero next door

And came the unsung hero. Not much haste and not much noise, he was composed, as all heroes are. Clad in his three-wheeled chariot, with his one, his only, leg tapping for a song beat, he was here with an organic smile. He runs a tea shop, all in his vehicle. He works all day through to battle out his poverty, to quench the thirst of his younger sister, to feed his school-going brother, and to heal his mom's sore throat.  But how does it make him special? In fact it doesn't. It's all about his attitude. How do you define his character? How do you want to be if you're in his shoes, err shoe? I am sure i can't be him, but I wished to at least throw away my fake plastic smiles and accept life as it comes.