My best lunch for quite sometime

No it wasn't at a plush restaurant or at the quick kebab place. It was at this Govt. Primary School in a nearby village, close to our office.

In 1992, ELCIA (Electronics City Industries' Association) was formed and lately as a part of Corporate Social Responsibility a few companies (9 in total as of now) viz. HP, Infosys, Velankani, Timken etc., have pledged approximately Rs. 3 lakhs each towards meals, stationaries, infrastructure etc. I was told that the approximate cost per child per year comes to Rs. 1000 odd. Electronics City has 11 schools amongst the 8 villages closeby. The schools provide the children free lunch, under the Mid-Day meal scheme, sponsored by the ELCIA trust. A colleague and I went today during lunch to serve food and give out oranges to the kids. And later we joined them for lunch - plain rice and sambhar. It was quite a humbling experience. We keep forgetting that what is not too much for us is quite substantial for some people. You should have seen their smiles widen when they saw oranges. And most said a polite 'Thank you' on getting one. My dad has always taught me and my brother that we should always value what we have because somewhere else someone doesn't even have the basic needs like food. While its always at the back of the mind, we forget that sometimes and we need to get reminded about the same from time to time. Kau had posted this sometime back. I'm not talking about a career here but I think if we all want to, we can contribute in our own little ways. Didn't the saying go 'Every drop maketh the ocean'? SO back to the title. Best lunch for quite sometimes. Yes.