... river with my camera trying to capture any story I might find. With some pictures of nature on my gallery, I was sitting there with a bottle of water trying to quench my thirst on that hot weather. While sitting there, I could see few children roaming around there and begging for money with the visitors who were there for a certain purpose or for fun. Those children were touching the feet of people and begging for money. I had been watching them there for like half an hour with many questions popping up on my mind. Why? How? - Questions were roaming around these. I had heard that those few of those children were found to have using drugs, cigarettes, tobacco etc from the money they collect. So, I was quite sure that I won't be providing them any money for that. But after a while, one of the children came to me and asked for money. I refused. After that, another came to me, again, I refused. In no time, a group of children were in front of me asking for money. They asked in a such a way that I couldn't refuse. I told them that I would only give them money in a condition if they would buy some food or anything they like (for eating) in front of me. To my surprise, they asked me for buying chocolates. I had little money in my pocket which I gave them for buying Lolipop (A type of sweet with stick to hold).
The moment they gave me a smile while holding the chocolate on their mouth was really priceless for me. We sat together and talked about their lifestyle for quite a time. I never had that privilege before to share the story with the children who had that lifestyle.
Whenever I see this pic, I feel so happy remembering that I did something for them. Not a big thing but I gave them a moment to bring out the best smile from their inner heart which I have entitled as 'A Thousand Million Dollar SMILE'.
