“Parutiiii!!! Cake, Biscoot Parutii!!”
Whenever I used to hear these
sweet rhythmic words, I knew it was 4 in the evening. Hopped on a bicycle,
which had a huge basket tied to its rear end, paddled the “Bread wale uncle”.
Continuously ringing the bell, he kept repeating the above words. And I swear
it was way too catchy. My Mom used to
buy bread from him almost every day. And if it as my lucky day, she even bought
some cupcakes for me! For those of you who are still wondering what Paruti is? Let
me spell it out loudly, Paruti is bread.
Last weekend when I was
buying bread, I suddenly remembered about that “Bread wale uncle”and his
catchphrase! I have some hazy memory of me standing on my window waiting for
him to arrive and then tell my mom about his arrival. He had an amiable
personality and a smile which can make anyone’s day. I don’t exactly remember
when we stopped buying bread from him. Actually I used to live in a small town.
But as the town expanded, the availability of stuffs in the market became more
prevalent. Branded goods became more common and I think our preference shifted
to those branded bread and we stopped buying the local brand which the bread
wale uncle used to bring. I think he stopped coming to our township because his
sales had fallen badly.
When I think over this, I
realise that how we tend to forget or neglect contribution done by many people
in our life. As I said, we used to live in a small township, so I should be
thankful to that bread wale uncle who used to bring basic amenities at our door
step. But then again, this is how the capitalist market works!
In our daily life, we may
come across many such people whose actions are taken for granted. I know it is
hard to return the gratitude to every such person in our life, but we may try
our best to acknowledge the work they are doing for us. And yes, it should be
done to people of every section our society.
And for today’s post I
want to show my gratitude to one of my bestestestestestestest friend, Sunil
Sowrabh! It was because of him, that I dragged my lazy ass to write this piece.
Finally,
Three cheers for all
those unsung heroes in our life!
Thank you for your
services J
