Isa ahmed

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There are some things in life that love to coincide. Like this morning i went to get puncture fixed n met this amazing kid – Isa Ahmed. He walked to me and said yes madam. I was looking for his father to tell him what i needed. Isa confidently asked me yes madam and then by himself told me timelines and started to take the Tyre out for fixing. I was amazed at the courtesy and skill of a kid who looked no more than 10 years old. I walked to his shop and asked his father if his kid worked and his father very proudly said he does not, he goes to school and that he was working with him during school holidays. The child was bearing heat of the sun to help his father and had not a sign of frown on his face at the work. I spoke to the kid, asked his name school and grade. He spoke to me with a beaming father next to him. The coincidence is that. Went for movies after this and saw Stanley Ka Dabba. The movie shows a kid who works in the evening and weekends at his uncles restaurant. The cook of the hotel is the only one kind and friendly to him. The movie depicts how Stanley finds happiness in everything despite his circumstances. It shows how a marginalized kid manages school and is happy about it. The correlation may not be direct between the two. The common theme was on how kids from lower income strata of the society are now becoming active in their education. Child education has been an area of interest to me and I feel happy to see it taking precedence over means of living. Now is it wrong for these kids to work to earn their way to school, I think yes. That said I feel we can focus on education is the first step, dealing with child labor is the second step to move towards a society.

Location:,Hyderabad,India

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