This morning while at the bus stop with earphones plugged in and a beautiful song by Armaan Malik was playing, I stood waiting for the bus. I'm going to meet an old friend today. As I was getting on the bus I saw a whole family running towards the bus. Two girls one baby and their parents. I asked the bus conductor to wait for them. It did. Wow! A DTC bus on one of the busiest bus stand decided to wait.

The family was a nice bunch of noise in the bus everyone there once in a while gave them a look. I guessed them to be visitors after all they hooted and pointed at every passing by building.

When we crossed over a school, My school. Bus stopped at the stand. I always smiled at it though I cross it everyday. But something new happened today.

The eldest of the girls of the said family, pointed at the school and said to her father, " I want to go to that School."

The father gave her a look for just a second which she didn't notice but I did. He apologized through his eyes and told her, " Its a college. "

"But the name has a school attached to it. Why?" Their mother asked.

" Its a rule in Delhi." He replied looking out the window.

"Yes, its not so in our Kanpur." The girl said. She slumped and a few moments started playing with her baby brother.

They got down before me but I was left thinking what a heart shaking story this was.

Love,
Zindagi