GOODNESS AT THE GRASSROOTS

Here is a post written by friend of mine with whom i share a blog.
I thought you guys would simply love this one.
It's about a refeshing experience of my friend, which happened recently.
It gave me an assurance that there is still some goodness out there in this otherwise big, bad world. And what's more appealing is the fact that it is with ordinary folks like you and me.
Go read and feel good. And by the way, my friends name is Sashikanth. He doing his B.Tech in SAATRA, thanjavur. To read more of his postings, click on the link "here is the blog, i post with my buddies" in the side bar of this blog.

"There is this thought,over which i've pondered for over a week now,and which continues to adjunct my thinking whenevr i'm in a vacant or pensive mood.Anyway,now that i've decided to pen it down,maybe it'll just be washed down into the archives of my personal life.We are a group of students aspiring to take the CAT and since the deadline for submitting the application was fast approaching,we decided to get on with the pace of the dispatching work and set out to thanjavur to post the forms.This sleepy town is an hour drive from our college,and by the time we reached the post office it was already closed.Alas,with gloomy heads we trotted to the railway station there,hoping to get hold of the speed post before the post office in the station calls it a day.Destiny was certainly not with us,as we were late by a paltry 15 mins.,and the postmaster downright rejected our pleas.If we turn back now,we will have to make the tiring journey the next day,so with mournful scorns,we sat on the platform listening to the drones of the distant trains.Then,from the darkness a shadow loomed larged and soon we were face to face with a genial looking postman,tired after a long day at work and waiting to go home to the comfort of his family.He saw our troubles from behind the curtains and came out to help us.We were convinced(bcoz of our Indian instinct) that this guy will demand a bribe after doing the work.So,naturally,we were in for a shock when after completing the formalities required for a speed post,he just walked away from us.We couldn't believe that a government servant,who went out of his way to help us,even though we were on the wrong side of the law(we were late in the first place),didn't even expect anything from us.We stopped him,and asked him whether he wanted anything.His plain reply was,"Today i can sleep well because of the thought that i helped a bunch of educated guys.And from tomorrow i can feel confident because of the fact that i might be helped by educated people like you.My dear friends,the world is after all round,and whatever you give, comes back to you.The next time,just be in time to dispatch things relating to your career".