I recently relocated to delhi - a city where I had done my graduation. Graduation was a very defining moment of my life where I learnt a lot. Had awesome fun with friends and life taught me in all possible ways. I really treasure those times.So when I got some time to sneak out to the college on a saturday I took the chance and went along.Went by college classes, chapel, cafetaria and met up a prof who taught at my time - exchanged pleasantries, etc. and emails and a promise to figure how can alumni add value back to college.
On the way out, we bumped into a boy who was looking closely at me. He asked me "aap amit bhaiya hain na"......A flood of emotions and thoughts crossed my mind.

We had a social initiatives society in my college and one of the initiatives was to tutor children of menial/sub staff people. These kids went to municipal schools but did not have a learning environment at home and thus needed someone's help. This initiative (evening classes) was dead for some reason. Me and a couple of friends of mine took up the bait and decided to re-start the whole evening school thing.
We went out to request people to send schildren to the evening classes - we promised to sustain the effort for the whole year. The thing worked out wonderfully and together we ran the show for almost 2 years of my balance college life. We played with the kids and also taught them everyday. It was self actualization of sorts and a very satisfying thing. What would help even more was the selfless love these kids (age 3-18) would shower on me :)
Pratap was my student then and now he took his father"s job as a sub-staff. His smile and exchange of pleasantries made my day. It was still that same selfless love. I had not changed his life in any way, he would have probably still got the job without my help - and he was not the brightest student whom I taught - but he remembered me despite all these years!

[Since college I have got busier and philanthropy is limited to a few donations here and there and miniscule lil tasks once in a while in everyday life.]

Coming back to the moment,

A huge smile spread on my face as I recounted all these memories of my college years.

Thank you Pratap for making my day!