| Islamic Society | |
| 14 Aug 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
| Karachi: An Encounter with a Street Child | |
By Amber Darr August 7, 2011 “There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children” — Nelson Mandela I was waiting for the traffic to start moving on Karachi’s Khayaban-e-Shaheen last Saturday when my attention was drawn by gentle yet persistent knocking on my car window. Expecting a begging child, I automatically dived for spare change. However, the face on the other side of the window was not that of a child but of a young man’s: “Baji, havn’t you recognised me? I am Shah Nawaz”, he said (in Urdu). “Baji, I have seen you after a long time, please take these flowers from me”, he continued. He would not accept payment, but I insisted. Within seconds our encounter was over, but Shah Nawaz’s beaming face remained with me as we drove on, not as a happy memory but as a painful shaft of regret for not being able to rescue him from the streets when I had first met him more than 10 years ago. |
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