The Generation Before & After
Its a saturday evening, after work I was riding home saw a 45 years old man in an old cycle which has a broken seat. Its really hard to understand how he manages to sit in that broken seat and peddle for a long distance. How will he feel when he reaches home? How much ache his back will give him? I remembered a conversation with colleagues when we were in juice shop, we discussed about how our parents were sacrificing so many things for themselves to get us what we need. My mom was a teacher and I remember her searching for a handbag for a very low price after the handbag which she currently uses torn apart that she can use it no more. But now we have too many matching for our dresses. As she was a teacher she would be needing too many sarees, but I never remember her purchasing something for herself. My dad never bought shirts, he cuts the torn collar to make it look decent and wears it. He never changed his worn-out slipper until it really tears apart. Now we are in a comforta...