I studied in a school which was at a half hour distance from
my residence .i never preferred to go by an auto or school bus. I always wanted
to go free and feel the surrounding .Some people don’t like crowd and noise but
I love them I like to analyze them and make stories from their faces .More faces
to me mean more stories to me.I never wanted to be part of crowd I just want to
see people in crowd and see them going their way. I have special love for noise.
Silence is mark of death of joy in my soul according to my way of living but
all these years what I found most interesting was the face of the hawaldar
whose face said a new story every day.
On my way
to school I always found two policemen at two places one at Sher –E –Punjab chowk
and the other one at Aakashwaani chowk .whether it was rainy ,be it a 48 degree
hot summer, chilling cold .those two men in my way to school and coming back I never
found resting. His devotion towards duty always inspired me .The Policemen
could recognize me because it was my route from class 3 to 11 and used to wish
them “good morning”. A lot of people say that “How will this Hawaldar protect
me.He is so fat and has got belly? How can we expect him to run after thief.After my long years of constant study to their face .i found the answer
of these questions. I could feel the many emotions when I saw them sweating in
summer and even after that they were doing their duty with no complains. A lot
comment upon their belly .He has got belly because his lifestyle is unhealthy
.He works harder than any engineer or a MBA .He’s on roads all day and takes in
all dust, solving cases, dealing with different emotions every day. Also he’s
paid less .He gets very little time to spend with family .When we enjoy our
festivals they protect us .They make Holi, Republic day and Independence day
worth celebrating. They sacrifice their feelings and emotions for their family for
us. They can’t take their children to a movie .He has no time for exercise and
hence gets belly but I can tell I never found them bunking a single day of their
duty all my school years and can claim they are real tough men .They get very little
time to exercise but he can still fight the criminals .it’s hard job but he has
sense of duty because he is policemen.
I have great respect for Policemen and I’ll always have. I
respect them for the sense of their duty. They do for their nation without
complains .I still say" cowards die many time, but the valiant and brave die
once and for me policemen mean this. I feel hurt when I find people ignoring
the death of a policemen .to me policemen and army men are same. I always find
a shadow of that hawaldars and their shadows speak a lot to me and make me remind
me sense of duty towards my nation.I wish everyone have a shadow to walk by their side to remind them their duty.