On 6th April, me(Akshara, Sudipto and Sachin set off
for a bunch of dreams in Ligrajpuram.
Starting at 4pm, we managed to meet 15 people till the sunlight bade us
goodbye for the day. With ups and downs
we all had great fun while dream catching. Some were quite touching to our
hearts, but some a downer as they were hesitant to share it with us. But thanks
to their friends who were encouraging them to become more comfortable with us.
Our first dreamer, Jayashree, an employee at JNC was very
straight forward in expressing her dreams to us. We found her sitting on the
street with her mother. Both were very comfortable with us shooting and her
dream was to help poor homeless children in the country.
Walking for a bit, we found our second young dreamer, Jerry
who was a manager in a firm had his ups and downs in finding a job for himself.
But this has not affected his dream in any way. He still dreams to be a drag
racer and is trying his level best to be.
Pushparaj, a dhobi was very free to talk to us and his
family members were proud that we were giving them attention and were video
graphing them. They were familiar that people like us take these footages and
broadcast it all over the country, sometimes abroad and believed that this
would take them to the next level. For generations his family has been dhobis
and he has a dream of having the water problem solved and helping as many poor
people from his side.
Our next dreamer, a security guard from Nepal who has been
struggling and has come this far to earn some money has a dream of lighting a
bulb n his village with no electricity. He might be from Nepal but we too have
similar issues in our country, his dream can change not only Nepal but India
too.
It was surprising that some people had similar dreams just
like Prakash Rao, a tailor, Fairoz, an employee at a hotel, Venkatesh, a
tailor, and Shabbir, a shoe maker . They all have dreams of helping poor
people.
Jayasena, a BMTC bus driver was very confident with his
dream. He wanted to educate his children well and he believed that with this
education he is providing our country with leaders. We were touched with this
as he was dreaming for the future, if he could not till now at least his children
will bring changes in the future. He believes education is the key to the
betterment of the future.
As we walked by we found a receptionist from Hosmat
hospital, Sudarshan who dreams to be a successful journalist and be a voice
that changes and exposes the negative parts of the country.
The sun was setting and we had to call it day before we
found our last dreamers for the day. Jaffer a shop salesman dreams of having
his own chain of general stores and wants to bring his family to the big city.
It had been a great experience to go out and catch unheard
dreams. We are looking out for more such great dreams. Although most of the
dreams were to eradicate poverty which is genuinely a major issue and everyone
from the bottom of the pyramid are from such backgrounds.
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