Purely Public Enterprise Author: Dr. K. S. Kang

 

Purely Public Enterprise

Author: Dr. K.S. Kang

Though I was a natural born human being but unfortunately my mother passed away at the time of my birth of a strange ailment that had no remedy atleast at that point of time. My father, atleast he was my biological father,spent his day by earning some money by working in the canteen of an institute and spent that money in his booze,and debaucheries during the night at mysterious places. I was picked up or rather adopted by the inmates of the hostel of the institute where my father was working. They looked after my daily needs, including my education and I almost spent my entire life in one or the other room of the hostel’s inmates. Though the authorities were aware of it and they also knew that it was against the rules of the institute but they ignored it in the larger interest of human values and humanity. Like various dogs and cats that lived on various floors of the hostel and were patronised by the inmates of the hostel, similarly I was also patronised by the inmates.

Hostel inmates, who were mostly learners pursuing degree and diploma courses in the institute, collected money every month regularly to pay for my needs like books, stationery, conveyance and school fees. They had evolved a systematic modus operandi to ensure that my needs are cared for till I became financially independent. When one batch passed out of the institute they handed over me to the next batch so as to ensure that the continuity of my meeting my needs does not disrupt. They often took me to the outings along with them for a lunch or dinner outside the institute, so as to give me and themselves a change from the food of the hostel mess contractor, at some reasonably good eateries of the town. I was part of their celebrations of their birthdays parties and successes in life. Some of them even invited me to their weddings later too, long after they had left the institution. Today I am financially independent as I have become a manager in a multi-national company but I can never forget this public enterprise that helped an orphan child to get educated and carve a dinified place for himself in the society. So though biologically I was begotten by my parents but I was reared and brought up by the young and brilliant scholars of the institute that I can proudly claim that I am the child of the institute.