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*EXCERPTED FROM EXCALIBUR, APRIL,2006, NEWSLETTER OF PEOPLE FOR ANIMALS,

KOLKATA*

 

 

Compartmentalization of compassion is a deplorable tendency, which is

observed even amongst the educated, cultured individuals who are involved in

philanthropic activities. A focus is undeniably essential, but sometimes,

people behave as though compassion may get exhausted, if they allow any but

their favored group to get a share!

 

In keeping with the philosophy, " Compassion is contagious – let's spread an

epidemic! " Debasis Chakrabarti of Compassionate Crusaders Trust reacted

promptly to a small piece which he read in 'Pratidin'. The article described

a young man who lost both his legs in a train accident in 1996. He was

fourteen at the time. Fate decreed that he lose his father the same year.

His mother had left the world, and her son, when he was just eight years

old.

 

The young Animesh struggled valiantly at Fultoli in Dinajpur, studying up to

Class IX. His aim was to lead an ethical and dignified life. His

inclinations for reading, poetry and chess displayed the innate sensitivity

and intelligence of this courageous youngster whose misfortune would have

crippled the spirit of a lesser man.

 

Animesh was contacted through the help of Pratidin, and now holds the post

of telephone attendant at Ashari, the animal shelter run by Compassionate

Crusaders Trust. Rehabilitation India, Kolkata has presented a wheel chair

on 7th March and also committed to train him up on use of artificial legs.

On our side, we are delighted to have the opportunity to offer the job to a

truly deserving candidate, and to have one more sensitive idealist in our

team. If more individuals and groups were to open their hearts a bit wider,

how much happier the world could be!

 

" I neither know the path or the distance to be traveled, (much like the

unfathomable depth of a frozen river). I only know that I have to move on

till I reach my destination! " Animesh wrote these lines in a Bengali poem,

but they describe a simple truth for all of us. And, if 'doing as much good

as we can, whenever we can, to all we can' is not a part of our destination,

we don't come under the category of being 'human'!