Any time, Party time :)

I wouldn't have noticed him if he had not been wearing a shirt that crossed his knees. That reminded me of a cousin's kid who looked cute whenever he wore exceedingly long shirts, so long as to safely forget wearing pants or knickers ;). This kid looked adoringly cute too, inspite of the rags that he was in. He was in a local train in Mumbai selling the railway timetable.

He went and sat near a blind lady and voiced his pleasure a little loudly - 'Aga pahilya pheritach 50 rupaiye zala bagh' (I earned 50 rupees in the first round itself). The lady, probably his mom, smiled and asked him to count.
He took out the money, all 10 Rupee notes, and as he counted each note, he handed it over to his mom. She checked the note, feeling it probably and understanding its denomination and making sure her kid was not making a mistake.

As I watched both of them counting and re-counting their treasure I called the kid and asked him to give me a copy of the timetable. His delight was worth a million bucks. He darted off to his bag and promptly gave me a small booklet. I handed him a 10 Rupee note and he went berserk as he looked at his mom and beamed - "Aga atta tar saath rupaiye zale; chal na kahi tari khau ya aani mag dusrya ferila jau ya." (Common Mom, now we have 60 Rupees, let’s go and eat something before we come for the next round). And off they went as if to a party!!!

Since I have been upset for many days now, I suddenly felt at peace at their happiness. As someone rightly said - "Life may not be the party we hoped for but while we are here, we might as well dance".