NICHOLAS WINTON Vs. ICE-BUCKET CHALLENGE
Pic.: Girish Gupta “ But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing .” - Jesus Christ H ave you heard about a man called Nicholas Winton? Most probably, you haven’t... At least, I hadn’t. Last week, Ganesh Waran, one of my friends, who lives in Australia , had posted a BBC video-clip about this man... It was then I learnt, that he was one of the true unsung-heroes of World War – 2 times. Then, I got hooked on to his stories... searched more about him and learnt this: Nicholas Winton was a handsome young-man, had a smooth-going life in England ... Just before the War broke out, he had been on a holiday to Czechoslovakia , and, then, was left caught up, there, to accomplish the most unlikely mission of his life... He ended up saving the lives of 669 children, by secretly arranging to transport them to England . The parents of these children, mostly Jews, who knew what fate awaited al...