I happened to go to Basavangudi today. I was there to accompany one of my friend who was appearing in the entrance exam for FMS(Faculty of Management Studies) in National College, Vanivilas Road, Bangalore. While my friend was in the exam, I was just idling my time watching kids playing in the playground next to the National College. It was unusually hot in Bangalore at that time, yet it could not curb the enthusiasm of the children playing cricket, volley ball, basket ball and football. Now what's interesting is that there were several pitches all over the ground with overlapping fielding area of different teams playing cricket, football and volley ball. Most of the kids were playing cricket. I still remember we used to quarrel sometimes over the play ground with other group of children in our childhood. It was amazing to see so many different groups play in the same playground in harmony, barely leaving an inch empty. Understanding level among these kids was outstanding. People were selflessly returning the cricket balls of different team when it went too far in the ground. A volleyball wrongly hit a boy in head who was playing cricket. And to my surprise he just shrugged and smiled back.Hats off to the kids of Bangalore, they have the true spirit of an Indian. Demolishing the differences in caste, religion and age they were happily playing together were it was difficult to say which boy was fielding for which team or what game he was playing. Amazingly they learned how to adjust in limited space of the playground.
My friend came back in two hours and it was time to go home. I started my engine and vanished into the Bengaluru traffic heading towards C.V. Raman Nagar.
I just thought "Adjust Madi" and "Majja Maddi". Do not grow up in differences but in unity in diversity. Even when you grow up have the same spirit as you have now.
