Aged people are becoming more and more isolated and youngsters have less and less patience in handling them or adjusting with them. It really wrenches our heart to think about such suffering that the aged have to undergo, isn’t it? Here is a real touching story of an ex- HAL employee, an engineer who has four kids, all well-settled but none of them is able to feed or take care of this 80 years old engineer and his 70+ years old wife. This old man needs a job in the age of 80. Read to know why?

“This is the story of an Old man (around 80 years old) who is an ex-HAL employee and also a part-time Engineer in Bengaluru. He has 4 children (2 daughters and 2 sons) who are happily settled in Bengaluru. They are working as Inspectors, Engineers, and IT professionals. This 80-year-old man (Mr.Ramakutty) is in Bengaluru for the last 60 years, can speak and understand English, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi and Kannada.

I met him near Chinmaya Hospital, Indira Nagar. He was trying to stop motorists for a drop to the Old Madras Road. I stopped. He sat on my bike holding my shoulder tight (tighter than my wife holds me when I zoom on my bike) He was heading to his rented home in Lingarajpuram where his 70+-year-old wife stays.

She has been bedridden for years. I asked the old man why he was on the roads in this freezing weather. He said for a JOB! I was stunned to hear this from an 80-year-old man, I asked, “Why?” He said ‘To feed himself and his wife.”

I immediately stopped my bike and asked if he had his lunch. He said NO. I took him to the nearest tea shop, bought him a cup of tea and snacks. I could see some energy building in the old man’s body after having the food and later he quietly said that he eats only once a day to save money. I asked him for his sons/daughters’ phone numbers which he hesitated to give. After 20 minutes I asked him once again before dropping him to ring road, he said, “they will scold me”.

When I asked why they would scold him, he said that “my children were annoyed with my wife and me because I have not built them houses/bought anything till now”.

I was fortunate to meet him I feel. I gave my phone number to him and told him to call me if he needs anything. I’m posting for those great children who think that a house, cars or money is greater than parents!

MY HUMBLE REQUEST to all. Please take care of your parents, one day you will be parents too.”

Submitted By – Santhosh Nair

It’s such a sad story.  Nowadays, people are thinking that money is more important than parents. As children, we are always taught to respect our parents. Parents are God in human forms, one should worship one’s parents and it is the duty of the children to take care of their parents in their old age. Love Your Parents..!!! Don’t stay away from Your Parents and leave them when they need you the Most. You would never be able to pay back in life what all they have done for you.