Every day when I travel from my office to my home, I see a truck with blind people singing old tamil songs. The truck, usually parked in a vacant space near the railway station, has 5 to 6 performers who sing for hours together. You can also find 4 people standing about 50 metres away from the truck in different directions, collecting money from the people passing that area.
Every day when I pass that area, I used to donate whatever coins I have. Sometimes when there is no one to collece money in the pathway where I walk, I used to cross the road and reach out to one of them and donate. The singers, the collectors, the musicians are all blind. I wonder, what they will make at the end of the day. Most people donate coins; how many people donate? I don't know. Unlike people who knock every house for donations for so many reasons, these people have an operating cost. The rent for the truck, fuel for the truck and power generator and food for atleast 10 people, it could cross over thousand rupees easily. Since I am seeing them everyday, I assume that they are collecting money more than the operating cost. But how much more? Few hundreds for whole day? I don't know.
All I could do for them now is donate whatever money I can and donate my eyes after my life. Whoever read this post, please donate them with whatever you can. They are brave, determined and self confident people.
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