An elephant & two kids

Sometimes some events just don't get out of your head....couple of things happened to me or should I say I witnessed that I can never forget.....

I was may be 20-22 yrs old.....I was coming from college or work I don't remember......It was as usual very hot day in Mumabi....I was very thirsty too.....I was walking down the road to the house and I saw one very old elephant with two people on him.....they were having fun and the elephant was collecting money and stuff that people were giving him.....

As I was walking I looked at the elephant's eyes and saw tears coming out .....lather on his mouth...looked very tired too.....for one moment I thought he is looking at me and asking for help...saying "I am very tired and thirsty. Please help me get out of this misery..", I was stunned for a moment but like a heartless person I kept walking.....definitely I could have gotten bucket or two water for him.....but  I didn't and I still feel guilty....

The other and very disturbing thing happened in the train at around 11pm.....I was coming home from my shift......I was very tired of all day work and study and mainly traveling.....the compartment was little bit crowded but everyone had a seat....on the bench beside me I noticed a muslim woman with around 8month old and 4-5yr old girl.....she clearly wasn't their mother.....the infant was unaware of anything but the girl was little bit scared and hit the woman......the woman yelled "why are you hitting your mother?", I said to the lady beside me that the woman doesn't look their mother at all....she just smiled but the woman with kids heard and looked at me as if I caught her......

I couldn't decide what to do....there was one police hawaldar in the compartment but he didn't look concerned about anything....I thought may be I should tell him but I didn't....my station arrived and stepped out of the train....but couldn't get those kids out of my head......I was walking thinking and I saw one PCO open and decided to call the police.....I called 100 and told them about the woman and where they were headed.....the policeman on the phone told me that I should call railway police and it doesn't come under his authority.....I was stunned and so was the man on the PCO.....he didn't charge me for the phone call but did say that police is no help ......that's true....people who lived in Mumbai would know....

So no action was taken to rescue those kids.....two lives were ruined.....can't imagine what their mothers had to go through.....I am ashamed of myself.....lot of times I put myself through difficult situations to help women and kids in trouble.....but I can't forgive myself for not helping these two innocent kids.....what can do now but to wish that, that woman should suffer insufferable pain in her life....