Today we will talk about the story Unpaid Debts of Kindness: A Pregnant Woman’s Journey with a Selfless Porter. It had been two years of marriage when Sonal was going to her home in Punjab when she was pregnant…
Husband was out of town…
The cousin whose brother was asked to board the train from the station was in no mood to wait because the train was getting late, so he sat on the bench on the platform along with his belongings and left.
The train was to arrive on the fifth platform…
Pregnant Sonal was in her seventh month.
Due to excess luggage, I talked to a porter…
A very thin old man… the helplessness to feed was visible in his eyes… eager to pick up his belongings with a request…
Sonal settled it for fifteen rupees and sat down… After about one and a half hour, the arrival of the train was announced… but the old porter was nowhere to be seen…
No other porter was seen empty…
It was not possible to go back home after missing the train.
It was already 12:30 at night.
Sonal started feeling nervous…
Just then that old man was seen running from a distance… He said, don’t worry daughter, we will get you into the car… He was short of breath from running… He quickly picked up the luggage… and signaled her to come.
Had to climb the stairs and cross the bridge because suddenly the train had changed platform and was now coming at number nine.
He was walking slowly due to breathlessness and Sonal was also in no condition to walk fast.
the car whistled
Ran away and found my sleeper coach compartment….
The compartment was near the engine after the platform was finished. There was no platform light and it was very difficult to climb from there.
Sonal turned and boarded the train after seeing him coming…
Immediately the train started crawling…the porter was still running…
With courage he placed each item near the footboard of the train.
Now there was complete darkness ahead.
By the time Sonal took out a ten and five rupee note with her trembling hands…
By then the porter’s palm had gone away…
His running speed increased.
But also the speed of the train…
She kept looking helplessly at his empty palm moving away…
And then join his hand and say hello
And in the mood of blessings….
His poverty…
His stomach…
His hard work…
His cooperation…
Everyone flashed together in Sonal’s eyes.
After that incident, Sonal kept searching for the old porter at the station after delivery but never found him again.
Today she donates everywhere but till date no donation has been able to pay off the debt that old man’s hard-working palm had done that night…
It is true that some debts can never be paid off…!!