I was watching a clip on Instagram where a lioness mourns over her dead cub. For some reason, it brought back to my mind a memory 10 years back. I was in Trivandrum, Kerala and one evening I had gone out to drink tea from a nearby teashop. I saw an old lady and her son walking in the opposite direction. Both looked extremely poor and had dirty clothes. She was holding his hand tightly. When I watched closely the Son seemed to be around 20 years old and was mentally unstable or was had severe down syndrome. It was clear that this old mother looked after him and they were homeless and helpless. Somehow Son's arm slipped from the mother's grasp and he went from the sidewalk to the road. A car was passing by and nearly hit him. The mother let out a loud shriek, so much in pain, sad, so horrifying. But luckily nothing happened to the son and she held his hand him and pulled him to the footpath and walked past me. I still remember the shriek, in the depths of my heart, I could realize how agonizing was it for the mother. Words can't express the pain in that cry. I was so worried for her and her son but could only pray she and her son would be ok.
Friday, May 29, 2020
A shriek that I still remember
I was watching a clip on Instagram where a lioness mourns over her dead cub. For some reason, it brought back to my mind a memory 10 years back. I was in Trivandrum, Kerala and one evening I had gone out to drink tea from a nearby teashop. I saw an old lady and her son walking in the opposite direction. Both looked extremely poor and had dirty clothes. She was holding his hand tightly. When I watched closely the Son seemed to be around 20 years old and was mentally unstable or was had severe down syndrome. It was clear that this old mother looked after him and they were homeless and helpless. Somehow Son's arm slipped from the mother's grasp and he went from the sidewalk to the road. A car was passing by and nearly hit him. The mother let out a loud shriek, so much in pain, sad, so horrifying. But luckily nothing happened to the son and she held his hand him and pulled him to the footpath and walked past me. I still remember the shriek, in the depths of my heart, I could realize how agonizing was it for the mother. Words can't express the pain in that cry. I was so worried for her and her son but could only pray she and her son would be ok.
