Be the change you want to see in the world

The stretch from Pattoor to Pattom has had a half foot deep gutter in the right side of the road, very near to Pattoor junction (opposite the old Post Office building). Not sure how long its been there or how new it is; however, I think I had noticed it right from the day I was back (it was definitely more than a month old). The gutter was not this worse then; but of late, it had become a real pain in the neck.

Today evening, at around 8:30 PM, I was driving by that stretch; and I saw these three gentlemen, in our traditional "lungi" and with our indingenous "nammattis". Am sure, they were not any "patchworkers" of any contractors employed by our Government/ PWD; am pretty confident that they were just three men who were staying close by. By the time I had reached there, they were winding up what what they were doing; I noticed that there was no longer any gutter there. They had themselves fixed the gutter.

Hats off to you three gentlemen! A good lesson taught to all of us; do our bit.

"Be the change you want to see in the world" - Mahatma Gandhi