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PHOTO PROMPT © Sandra Crook (Thanks Sandra for this photograph, it brought back lots of memories of childhood.)
Non-fiction
102 words
Compassion
Rioters burned the tailor’s shop. It was opposite to our house.
When the curfew was lifted, he came and sat down in despair on seeing the ramshackle shop.
Mother called him and offered him our old singer machine for the time he could buy his own.
He was thankful and offered to stitch our clothes for free.
The mother strongly rejected the idea.
‘You need money to buy a new machine. So start your business first and save money.’
Mother was a conservative Hindu and the tailor was a Muslim.
Mother sowed a seed of compassion, for everyone, in me that day.
