A JEANS FOR THIS DIWALI
“It’s not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving.” Mother Teresa T wo days ago, a middle-aged man had come to my office on some work. He worked in a housing-society office. As he was talking to me, the man got a call, and from the discussion, I could make out, that it was from his young son… “Don’t hurry, I am telling you… Why can’t you wait till I come home in the evening?” this man was telling his son quite angrily. But, the son seemed adamant, and this man – the father – told his son, “Take from the dibba … But, don’t spend more.” “Any problem?” I asked the man, once the call ended. “For some days, my 18-year-old son has been asking money to buy a (pair of) jeans for this Diwali…” Then, the words got choked… “Children don’t understand their parents’ problems… I told him to use some loose cash his mother has saved in her dibba .” A re we in the midst of giving and receiving Diwali gifts to our near and dear ones? Is the shopping over, or sti...