The caricature of the donkey.

Of all the creatures god bestowed on the planet earth there is one whose existence I used to rue. May be I was not aware of the true colours of nature. I used to think the sole existence  of this creature was to carry burden & not get involved in something intellectual. Though I myself didn’t get an opportunity to study this creature extensively. My first rendezvous with this creature happened in Ranjit Nagar when I used to go there to catch my bus for school. It was standard five.  Calling someone “Gadha Kahin Ka” used to be fun, though not the same could be said about the person about whom it is said. You can see in the picture the gadha is loaded with burden & he is not complaining. It seems as if it’s his fate.

                This twist came when I grew up & my younger sister started calling me gadha. I used to complain to my father about this. He will just tell her, “Why do you call him like this”. I used to feel elated about this that I managed a scolding for her.

                The deeper understanding about the gadha. On my trip to Amarnath , there was a hefty fellow & we all had to reach Pashpautri. It was 3:30 in

the afternoon & we were not interested in walking on foot. We all waited for some twenty horses to gather so that we all could leave together, it was considered safer moving in bunches as it would get darker when we neared our destination. Everyone got on their ponys, the hefty fellow was left stranded as no one was interested in ferrying hime. His burden was too much for the  horses to bear. Someone then brought a khachar & we moved on our journey. I just happened to be behind that khachar on a small pony. I just admired the strength of that breed. On that ardous journey when horses & ponys failed it was he who succeeded.

                              

   On this Idu’l Fitr  kudos to the khachar who made me realise a deeper meaning of life & somehow made me change my perception towards this beautiful creature of GOD. Sharing the sewaian (some may call it Kheer) to all my friends & Wishing them all an “Id Mubarak”.