It was out of complete coincidence that I could make it to Padaku that day, with a random plan of meeting a friend and then an extension got me into that room. Lots of kids and, their sweet smiles. Those innocent eyes had caught my heart; I felt I was one of them. The purity of their souls was clearly visible on their faces. They had a vision in their eyes, some came here to study and some just wanted to play. Padaku was an initiative by a few students in 2008 which was pretty much successful, atleast after seeing 50 students in that room; one would surely appreciate the minds behind this idea. I was pretty much happy and excited because it was after a long time I was going to teach kids who really wanted to study even after such disturbing backgrounds, it was not just an opportunity but an experience of its own kind.
When those kids smiled, shook hands with me and said that they’d be happy to see me again, I felt that I had a reason to smile, to live this life. Those kids taught me many lessons, lessons which will definitely make me smile in those times of troubles.
As a saying goes : “The soul is healed by being with children”, it was true for me because of NSS at Hansraj College.
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