When Language Is Not a Barrier (A story of two people who don't understand each others language but they speak everyday)...

Location: Basement, a residential building near Khar Subway, Mumbai                                                                Time:     9:30pm

 

I regularly walk by this very old lady sitting at the basement of our building. Quite a few times, I have seen my friend talking to her in a very caring tone. My stress throughout the day, disallowed me to ask this friend, an out of towner Rajasthani, currently well settled in Mumbai; the reason why he sits there and chats with her. Until one day, I could not resist and asked him about the kind of conversation he has with this old woman.

It seems the old lady is a Maharashtrian and a resident of Mumbai having born and bought up here, and has a family staying very close by to where we stay. Her immediate family, her only son has disowned her due to reasons that are very convenient to a few youngsters these days.

I also got to know from my friend’s colleague that he regularly helps this lady with breakfast, lunch and dinner almost every day without fail. Now, we do not cook extra at our bachelors pad, but my friend ensures that we do not waste any morsel and do not throw anything in the dustbin. Every extra food goes to feed and help the upkeep of this lady.

A few important question here:

a)       Why do people we care for throughout our lifetime disown us and why does some stranger help us when we need our own people around us?

b)        What does our education system teach us? Does it not teach us all lessons that life has in store for us or is it just materialistic teaching that is inculcated in us ?

And finally, how does one understand each other when we do not speak or understand each other’s language and still get to know about each other so well that the bond just defies all logic?


And all the time when I ask him that how does you understand that what she is trying to say,he always reply me back with a quite smile and then I don't ask him anything.......................

I am sure you will agree with me that humanity speaks the language that very few humans of our times understand and my friend, dear readers is one of them ………………