Pasa Malargal

Pasa Malargal is a section dedicated to children ranging from newborns to three year olds. There are two newborns in this section, along with kids ranging from 2-3+ years old. I was bored, and so I decided to go here to spend time with these children.

When I went, most of them were showered and ready. Some were still getting ready. One lady was showering each child in the bathroom. Another lady would dry each child. Another lady would powder them and clothe them. This assembly line was simply cute.

I wanted to interact with the children and so I asked them if they like to sing songs… and then I tried to teach them a simple bhajan that’s titled Radha Radha. Some of the older ones sang the bhajan well. They were ready to sing cinema songs instead… and it was so cute to see them sing that way. Hence, I thought perhaps it was too hard for them. Though they didn’t want to sing it much, they love to sing songs.

I went right around their breakfast time. Two of the kids asked me to feed them. The way they eat is from one bowl; two ladies make the mixed rice into small balls and feed it to all of them. The same way, the kids asked me to feed them. Three of the kids sat on my lap, and one child sat next to me. I were to feed all four of them… but there was one small issue… how was I supposed to reach the common bowl of food to feed them if they’re all sitting on my lap? The lovely ladies then gave some food in my hand so that I could feed them. They were so happy. I was happy. I was not used to feeding little ones… but it was an experience indeed.

There’s a tiny little boy who’s almost two… he’s my favorite. I know that having favorites is not fair, but hey… he’s too cute. He’s a tiny tiny little boy, really skinny and light weighted. His smile is so huge. As soon as he sees me, he comes running towards me and just falls on my lap… or if I’m standing, he just runs and comes near my legs and holds me tight. He’s a sweetheart.

I just thought I’d peep in to see these children. I had to go to teach Balvikas to the new set of girls. However, their ropes of love tied me. There were four kids sitting on my lap now... one on each side, one in the middle… and one in the small space in between… almost falling all the time. I asked these kids if I could please leave as I had to teach the other girls. They said… “no, you don’t need to go, you can just stay here.” I said then where will I stay in the night? They replied, “you can eat here, you can sleep here.” I asked what else will I do? Then I didn’t get any answer… the aunty who takes care of them said.. they’re just saying what they do.. they eat, and sleep... and hence, they’re asking you to do the same. I was so overwhelmed with joy. But I had to go. Soon I somehow got up to leave. Then about 4 kids blocked the entrance to the door by sitting there against the door. I was like… please please… please move. They said, nope… you can’t go! Stay here! Then finally I asked them to play a game and they all came and I slowly slipped out and said bye.

How could anyone possibly abandon these children? If they can’t take care of a baby, then… in my opinion… they shouldn’t have brought the child into this world in the first place. I was happy and sad all at the same time.

Updates from last week… To be continued.