We had a different visitor to Sandnya on 4th of Jan'11. Different in the sense, firstly the lady was German and secondly she was a ordinary citizen of Germany and not from a distinguished class of people. That is why I mean different. The lady told me that she ran away from home due to harassment from her mother. She said rarely a mother will harass her own son or daughters, but it did happen in her case as a exception, may be. It is because of this she never received mothers love and affection. She said, she is a ordinary worker in a mall but is coming to India for the second time. She said she liked India because here people care for each other. This is not the case in Germany she commented. People in Germany are more materialistic and self centered as compared to India. All the while when I was taking her around and showing activities in Sandnya Srushti she had tears in her eyes. When I told her that the master rule for managing mentally challenged is to love them genuinely. She was so much choked with emotions that she could not speak a word for some time. She said since I did never get genuine love she realizes the importance love and feels like giving it others in abundance.
In fact Gabhi, 62 years old German came along with Mrs.Deepali Telang, whose husband is in IFS and is posted in Indian Embassy at Berlin in Germany. Gabhi gave me neck tie as a present by putting donation of rupees five thousand rapped in this neck tie. when I said I do not were the neck tie, she said does not matter, some day I may feel like wearing this and then shall remember her. Gabhi was a simple soul and criticized Germany for many things which she does not like about it. Though German, she spoke English fluently and thus there was no problem of communication.
By: Navin Deshpande, Secretary, SSS
e-mail: navindesh@gmail.com
website: www.sandnya.org
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