Born as Marathi, i grew up in Mega city i.e Mumbai.
Mumbai being a Financial hub of India, sees several migrants from every nook and corner of this great country.
So in my school, i had wide variety of friends, right from Marathi to Muslims.
Some Marwadi's were my best mates those schooling days, and being with a Marwadi means there is some thing to learn, always..
I Had one such typical Marwadi friend, he was damn rich, still damn Kanjoos..
At times i used to sarcastically taunt; I'd say
"Sale, tere baap ne itna kamaya hai, terko to kuch karne ki zarurat hi nahi"
and followed by a quote
"Samundar se ek lota paani nikalne se samundar ka paani khatam nahi hota"
His reply was astonishing;
He said, i'll tell u a short story.
The story goes like;
"It was an evening, and as much of those city people are obese, one of them was having jogging near the sea shore.
At the same tym, two fella's were enjoying sun in winters, watching things go around, they were having a good tym.
Now, as the tide changes abruptly, leaving some hundreds of those small fishes who were swimming at the edge of the shore, literally thrown out of water.. and were struggling for atleast minimal oxygen from the water..
The jogger saw this; wasting no time, he immediately started throwing one by one fish in the sea water, as fast as he can, tired, still goin on, on and on..
Seeing this sight, the duo thought, this guy has gone mad!
They immediately got up, approached the jogger and posed one question;
Question was,
"Aisa karke kitno ko bachaoge? yaha to hazar hai!"
The jogger --->
turned back,
smiled at them,
turned forward,
bent down,
picked up one fish and threw it directly in water and again turned back;
Pointing his finger towards the fish he threw in water, he replied to question;
which was"Aisa karke kitno ko bachaoge? yaha to hazar hai!"
He said "Dekh, maine isko bachaya"
Mumbai being a Financial hub of India, sees several migrants from every nook and corner of this great country.
So in my school, i had wide variety of friends, right from Marathi to Muslims.
Some Marwadi's were my best mates those schooling days, and being with a Marwadi means there is some thing to learn, always..
I Had one such typical Marwadi friend, he was damn rich, still damn Kanjoos..
At times i used to sarcastically taunt; I'd say
"Sale, tere baap ne itna kamaya hai, terko to kuch karne ki zarurat hi nahi"
and followed by a quote
"Samundar se ek lota paani nikalne se samundar ka paani khatam nahi hota"
His reply was astonishing;
He said, i'll tell u a short story.
The story goes like;
"It was an evening, and as much of those city people are obese, one of them was having jogging near the sea shore.
At the same tym, two fella's were enjoying sun in winters, watching things go around, they were having a good tym.
Now, as the tide changes abruptly, leaving some hundreds of those small fishes who were swimming at the edge of the shore, literally thrown out of water.. and were struggling for atleast minimal oxygen from the water..
The jogger saw this; wasting no time, he immediately started throwing one by one fish in the sea water, as fast as he can, tired, still goin on, on and on..
Seeing this sight, the duo thought, this guy has gone mad!
They immediately got up, approached the jogger and posed one question;
Question was,
"Aisa karke kitno ko bachaoge? yaha to hazar hai!"
The jogger --->
turned back,
smiled at them,
turned forward,
bent down,
picked up one fish and threw it directly in water and again turned back;
Pointing his finger towards the fish he threw in water, he replied to question;
which was"Aisa karke kitno ko bachaoge? yaha to hazar hai!"
He said "Dekh, maine isko bachaya"
