Attitude....

I am sitting at the station waiting for my train to arrive; tuned to my favourite music. I notice a group of youngsters also nearby. All of them are of the college going age. Their Iron maiden t shirts, bracelets and ripped jeans. The girls are in latest fashionable clothes, laughing, smiling so content with their lives. And with an eager enthusiasm for the future!!! I am drawn to them, even though I do mean to eaves drop. I remember how I had fun with my friends the same way. I glance towards them once in a while so that they do not feel, I am an intruder. But, surprisingly, I do not hear a sound. I cannot understand a word. It’s as if they are talking in an altogether different language. And then I notice… the group belongs to special school… one which has children who are differently abled. (The government does not allow us to call them disabled.) Their mannerisms, their actions, their animated expressions suddenly dwell upon me. And I cannot help but a smile stretches across my face.. Its not that I feel pity on them, in fact I am amazed by the attitude they show. Their attitude, their behaviors is just about same as you and me… I keep staring and eaves dropping at them unabashedly. So wonderful, so lovely …. I keep watching them…. totally oblivious to my surroundings as they are with the world!!!!!