Gift out of Care

Today, as I was reading a blog by James Ultcher, I suddenly dawned on me to write about this topic – gifting. The reason what struck me was the drizzling rain, and the speedy winds.

I thought of the fisher folks who are out at sea – what kind of weather proof dress are they wearing in the catamaran or motorized launch? Most probably, some kind of rain coat, and shorts or it could be lungi.

What if there was a voluntary donation system so that individuals could easy donate some needy things to people who are at the fringes. 

Let’s me start with the pennies I had shared:

1. Paid Rs 2 to lady who didn’t have change to give to the pre-paid auto counter at Cantonment railway station.

2. Paid Rs 10 to a lady in some railway station, when the train halted there. She was waiting to buy water and she too didn’t have change or was not willing to change the 100 she had.

3. Long ago I bought chocolate and gave to  the sale girl at FoodWorld. She was perplexed and she refused. It was a odd situation. She felt that I was hitting on her or I wanted some favor.

( All these gifts cost very less amount. Anyone could have done it. However, we don’t get the opportunity to be there when a person needs it. So, how do we connect the person who needs and the giver? Can a mobile app be developed for this?

Not a bad idea!

4. Today, when I was passing Kumarapuram junction, rain started falling. The fisher women opened their umbrella to cover themselves partially. Wish someone could gift them a beach umbrella type. I had written this in an earlier post.