An Ovation to Friendship!

How far can any of us who swear by the word “Friendship” and the word “Love for Friends” can do it beyond any boundary?

I just came across a friendship that is irresistible and unbroken even after the friend who is in with you does not recognize you as the friend you have been.

This is from one of my friends from the Community of Illayaraja (IR), who happened to notice this extra-ordinary friendship and is shaken from the beliefs of friendship and I wanted to share this amongst you people.

This episode has really shaken the meaning of friendship that I hold till today.

A man, who has been a hardworking and commoner, who had a livelihood of driving the auto on the streets of Numgambakkam, Chennai with a wife and kids, a life of his. He has been an ardent fan of IR’s music and played most of this man’s music on his player when he used to be on his work every day.

He used to listen and sing along with the tape recorder/music player…whenever the song moved him and he knew the lyrics by heart of each of his favorite song.

He had been going on peacefully but fate had different storyline for him…he could not overcome the troubles on his hand, his family deserted him, he took to drugs to resolve in pain….and in due course he lost his mental balance and strayed in the same streets where he in his auto was minding his own business.

Now, our man is a helpless soul on the streets on Nungambakkam….but strange is the power of friendship and nature. His friend has not ditched him in this tenure and still finds him on the same streets everyday and feeds him.

At first the person denies of any response to this friend but later takes his food, has them and the friend dutifully lands the next day to feed him and quench his thirst.

This is a friendship of 25 years that have stood past the troubles and hardships and it is still continuing till date.

Well, he might not remember that the person who feed him day in and day out is his very own friend but this person has not forgotten the music that he used to sing on his work and till date sings those songs and does not speak much, all he remembers is the songs of IR and that is a lullaby to him that he sings to himself everyday till he falls asleep….!

In spite of his insanity, this person has not forgotten the songs he liked….he still sings them with the same vigor and pleasure that he derived from it before he lost his balance…!

Such is the power of music! Here’s a photo of the two….!

PS: This post is not to ask questions about the friends help to the man to regain his saneness…..or any such activities. It is just to feel about the friendship that has stood even with lots of hardships….!

I don’t intend to hurt your feelings of the word friendship you hold, but to share with you what I felt hearing it!

Photo Courtesy: Eddie Dinesh ( Friend who saw this in person, shaken completely!)