I sent a text to Andy and was waiting for his reply. No he didn’t reply back. Getting angry, I headed to have lunch. And there, in front of my boss, my SMS ringtone rang in full volume. (Have got this Transformer style tone saying: Your Smart Phone has received new text message. Would you like to read it now?)
Hearing this my boss gave me this look which was saying: today’s these young people. I gave damn to his look and hurriedly opened my cell. Damn, why I use phone lock and SMS lock. I was desperate to read Andy’s reply.
But no it wasn’t his text. It was sent by my service provider saying,
Please donate to the Koshi flood victims. If you want to donate 10, pls sms to 1410 and if 50, sms to 1450.
And I was like, wtf?
Every Tom, Dick and Harry is collecting funds saying for the flood victims. Every television channel has their own bank account asking us to donate. And when you walk on the street, many groups (mark many) come to you with that big banner asking for donation.
No I am not against donation nor against the already victimized flood victims. But what I need to transparency. Many times what happens, you donate but your donation never reaches to the needy ones. It just disappears in the way.
There’s no system to monitor the donation drive. I need transparency; my donation should be properly used. But will it happen? I doubt. I even doubt those tom, dick and harry’s donation drive. Who knows the very same donation might be spent on beer in the evening. Who knows and who cares except people like me who have donated?
As the donation drive is picking up, affected people are still in lurch. They are not getting proper food. Now diseases have started to hunt down them. Poor souls, millions are being raised for them and there, ravaged by Koshi, now they are being compelled to go sleep in open sky with no proper food and clean drinking water.
Still doubting my donation would reach to them, I donated hoping may be this time it might reach there. May be.
And Andy replied in the evening saying, Sorry! Couldn’t reply before because I was damn busy at the hospital. How are you? Good night and take care. Miss you.
And I text him back saying: No it’s all right, you don’t have to text back to my every texts. You too have sweet dreams and g’nite.
But no, am not feeling all right, I should at least get missed calls.