Realized yesterday, I speak to my pav wala, istri wala,paper wala,kachre wala, watchman almost everyday and yet I never ever asked them their names.

Today I did, and they were so happy I did.

I am happy too. Now I don’t need to address them by their professions; just as I would not like anyone addressing me by mine.

Every culture has such a huge celebration around names, irrespective of one being rich or poor.

So why let those beautiful names get buried under heaps of paper, garbage, laundry and bread?

Today when Saidoor flashed a 1000 watt smile as he greeted me in the morning, I knew I had forged a lifelong bond with him.

 

Insia Dariwala is a graduate from F.I.T New York (Advertising and Mass communications), loves to tell stories and is a filmmaker. ‘The Candy Man’  (www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSr0ne-iizsher hard hitting debut film on child abuse won her two ‘Best Director’ awards in India (2009, 2010) and also got nominated at Barcelona International Film Festival and the New York Short film Festival in 2010.