The first time I visited a home....

I began searching on the Internet, for any old age home in New Delhi, especially in West Delhi, so that it becomes easier for me to regularly pay visit from my college. There it was. I found one in Tilak Vihar on Yellow pages & decided to make the move I had been contemplating for months.

It was a Thursday afternoon of 24th Aug 2006, incidentally the Birthday of a friend of mine, I called at the home & had a word with the Supervisor there, Mr. Saxena. He was very warm & asked me to come over by 4 p.m. so that I could be introduced to some elderly during office hours. Now I had an appointment for a place I wanted to visit for long & at the same time, my friend decided to throw a small party & I had to take a decision of choosing between the two. I am happy that I chose the former & at 2:30 p.m. I set out with the address in my hand, finally able to make the MOVE....

A bus followed by a rickshaw, took me to the Tilak Vihar Old age home, & to no surprise of mine, almost nobody in the locality knew that there existed a home in their surroundings (Something that speaks of the way we care for our seniors). After waiting for a while, I met one of the officials, who asked the security guard to show me the home & introduce me to some elderly & that was when I met Ram.....