My internship started in Mcdonalds. i was the photographer for an event in which my NGO was invited. it was Mcdonalds community service programme. meeting all the old people living in the Ashram as my old age home is known, i got the feeling of amazement. such people also exist. many of us are disgusted by old people and most of us are likely to ignore an old man trying to cross the road. but the truth wont change. These people exist and they also should get a place in this world to live as they want to. i took pictures, sang a bhajan and served the old people. and u know they are also like children in so many ways. one lady didn't want a burger and was asking for "Pakodi" and ya.. they also throw tantrums if their demands are not fulfilled. just like little children. i got a certificate by McDonald's. i made the press release, gave my card to the editor in chief of Hindustan times who was the chief guest. and all in all my 1st day in the NGO was an eye opener and was really fulfilling. and one thing that I learnt? in the end you turn back to as you were when you were born. you cant walk on your own, eat on your own or basically do anything on your own and you love to be pampered like little babies.. curious case of benjamin button? or all of us?
"Many of us are disgusted by old people" - Who are you speaking on behalf of? I think everyone's got grandparents who we love, don't we? :)
ReplyDeleteHave you come across Shakespeare's "All the World's a Stage"? I quote the last 10 lines:
The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side,
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
Yes, old people, after a certain point, seem to enter a "second childishness"...