Saturday, 15 August 2009

Humanity!

Folks,
Last week i was travelling back from one of the ME countries to Dubai and met up with this guy.
The airport authorities changed the boarding gate just an hour before the scheduled take off. ( this happens very often now a days, and one has to keep an eye on the TV monitors and keep checking the boarding gate and the time)
We were waiting for our turn at the boarding gate and as I was getting my passport and boarding pass checked, our friend, who was standing behind me, realised that two of our fellow passengers, whom he had helped earlier while checking in, were walking towards the other gate!(the old one) He told me that they dont speak English or Arabic and obviously not guided properly about the change in the boarding gate, by the airport staff. He ran, probably around 3-400 meters to catch them, informed them, came back running and stood at the tail end of the queue. I was overhelmed by this 'gesture'. Many of us, in our rush to get inside the aircraft, secure the overhead bins, would have just informed the staff to help and manage the situation! Such kind of gestures have become rarity in this fast paced world. I could not see him again as he rushed off, upon landing, to catch his connecting flight. The fellow passengers whom he helped were Srilankans and they knew only Sinhalese! I said hallo to them and they were immensely happy with the help they got from our friend.
He is Suman Avula and he can be reached at sumanavula@neulandlabs.com
I would appreciate if you can just send him a mail appreciating this gesture!!
This world need more Sumans.
Cheers

1 comment:

  1. It is because of'humans' like him that the earth still keeps rotating on it's axis. Like Thiruvalluvar said, "Nalaar Oruvar Ularel avar poruttu ellorukkum peyium mazhai". If there is one nobble soul then the whole universe is blessed with rains.God bless Suman.

    ReplyDelete