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Hunger Of Poor _ Poor Kachori Seller _ Learn English _ English Stories _ English Animated Stories _
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00:00On a hot afternoon at a railway station in Delhi, an old man in a torn kurta and faded dhoti was frying hot crispy kachoris.
00:10Baba, give me two kachoris please. I am really hungry. I will pay tomorrow. I promise.
00:17Yes, yes son. Go ahead and eat. I know you must be hungry.
00:21Oh Baba, you are so kind. You always give me kachoris without asking for money even.
00:31Bablu happily takes the kachoris and sits on a bench nearby.
00:35Ramlal often fed poor hungry kids like this for free.
00:40He lived in a small hut near the station with his wife.
00:45And he sold kachoris to earn the living.
00:48Baba, please give me one plate of hot kachoris.
00:53Of course, daughter. Just a moment.
00:55As soon as the woman takes the bite of the kachori, her tired face lights up.
01:01Wow! After so many years, I have finally tasted real kachoris.
01:06Thank you, daughter.
01:08Slowly more customers start arriving and Ramlal gets busy serving them.
01:14His entire day passes this way.
01:17At night, just as Ramlal is packing up his cart,
01:21Bablu comes running to him with a bag in his hand.
01:28Baba, here is a new kurta for you.
01:32I told mom yours was torn.
01:35So she stitched one for you from the leftover cloth.
01:40You really care about me, don't you?
01:43Thank your mom from me.
01:44Okay, I will go now.
01:46See you tomorrow.
01:47The next day, Ramlal comes wearing the kurta stitched by Bablu's mother.
01:53But Bablu doesn't show up at the station that day.
01:56Two-three days pass by.
01:58But there is no sign of Bablu.
02:01One night, Ramlal says to his wife,
02:04I don't know why Bablu isn't coming for kachoris these days.
02:10I am really worried.
02:11I think I should go check on him.
02:14My heart feels uneasy.
02:17Something doesn't feel right.
02:18Yes, go see him.
02:20Otherwise, you will keep warring.
02:23Ramlal slowly walks towards Bablu's slum where he lives in a broken hut with his mother.
02:31As Ramlal reaches the corner of the street, he sees a crowd.
02:38In the middle, there is a body laid out for a funeral.
02:42Ramlal gets stunned.
02:44Oh God, who is this?
02:48The old lady was very sick.
02:50Couldn't get any medicine.
02:51She passed away this morning, leaving Bablu all alone.
02:56Bablu?
02:58His mother is no more?
03:00Hearing this, tears fill Ramlal's eyes.
03:04He walks a few steps forward.
03:07Bablu is sitting beside his mother, crying.
03:11As soon as he sees Ramlal, he runs and hugs him tightly.
03:17Baba, mom is gone.
03:21She is gone.
03:22She left without saying anything.
03:24She left me alone, Baba.
03:29What will I do now?
03:34Ramlal hugs him with trembling hands and starts crying too.
03:39Don't cry, Bablu.
03:41Your old grandpa is here, isn't he?
03:44Don't cry, my child.
03:45Come with me now.
03:47Ramlal brings the weeping Bablu home to his hut and tells Gomti everything.
03:54Gomti feels deep sorrow for Bablu.
03:57She gently pats his head and speaks with love.
04:02Bablu, son, don't cry.
04:05This is your home now and we are your parents.
04:08Bablu tightly clutches Ramlal's dhoti with his little fingers.
04:13From then on, Bablu starts living with Ramlal and Gomti.
04:18In Ramlal's tiny hut, there is now a small corner just for Bablu.
04:23Every morning, Ramlal and Bablu go to the station together.
04:28Ramlal starts frying kachoris and Bablu stands by the cart offering water to customers and folding newspapers into packets.
04:37Baba, look, I packed the kachoris nicely, right?
04:42Well done, my dear.
04:44Keep working hard like this and one day you'll earn a lot.
04:49While Ramlal and Bablu were chatting, a woman approaches their cart.
04:54Oh, Baba, you are still selling those same hot kachoris.
05:00Yes, daughter.
05:01What else can this old man do at this age?
05:04True, Baba.
05:05But I think you didn't recognize me.
05:08A few days ago, I ate your delicious kachoris.
05:12Oh, yes, daughter.
05:13I see so many new faces here every day.
05:16And these old eyes don't see too well anymore.
05:21That's okay, Baba.
05:22But who is this little boy?
05:24Your grandson.
05:27Yes, think of him as my grandson.
05:30God gave him to me.
05:31He was hungry, helpless.
05:33Now he is everything to me.
05:35Yes, my mother passed away.
05:37So, Baba brought me with him.
05:40And now I help him out.
05:42And your studies?
05:43Studies?
05:45You are at an age to study, not to make a kachoris child.
05:49But how can I go to school?
05:52I have to help Baba.
05:54And we don't have enough money too.
05:57If you studied, you could have not only changed your life,
06:00but given your Baba a better life too.
06:03How long will he work like this in his old age?
06:05I help many kids like you to get free education.
06:09Here is my number.
06:10Call me if you ever feel like studying.
06:15Shalini gives Bablu a paper with her number on it.
06:19Her words keep echoing in Bablu's mind.
06:23He can't sleep that night.
06:25He just keeps on staring at that piece of paper.
06:29Can I really change Amma and Baba's lives?
06:33Bablu gets up from the court and looks at his Amma Baba.
06:38He has a few coins in his pocket and quietly leaves the house at midnight.
06:44By morning, Ramlal and Gomti search for Bablu everywhere, but he is nowhere to be found.
06:52Where has this boy gone?
06:54He never leaves without telling us.
06:57I have searched everywhere too, but he is nowhere.
07:01Time passes, but Bablu never returns.
07:05That day, there is no food at home and Ramlal doesn't go out to sell the kachoris.
07:11Days turns into years.
07:13Ramlal and Gomti grow even older, but not a single day goes by without them waiting for Bablu to return.
07:20Years pass by and now Ramlal's hands tremble while frying kachoris and his back gets bent.
07:32Hey old man, hurry up and give me a hot plate of kachoris.
07:36Yes son, just give me a minute.
07:39As Ramlal serves him, his shaky hands spill the kachori on the dress of that man.
07:47The rich man gets really angry on him.
07:50What the hell old man?
07:53If you can't move properly, go back on the street.
07:57Why are you even here?
07:59I am sorry son, it was a mistake.
08:02Please forgive me.
08:03The rich man doesn't listen and throws all his kachoris on the ground.
08:08Ramlal pleads with folded hands.
08:11Please don't do this.
08:13I'll give you fresh ones.
08:15Please forgive me.
08:16Just then, a boy comes and lifts Ramlal up.
08:22Don't you have any manners while talking to elders?
08:25Oh hero, is he your father or what?
08:27Why are you defending him?
08:29Yes, he's my grandpa and you'll apologize to him right now.
08:34Don't you ever behave like this with anyone again or else, understand?
08:40Oh, such attitude in a young brat.
08:44What will you do?
08:45Get lost, you idiot.
08:48The boy takes out his ID card and shows it to the man.
08:53The man instantly falls at Ramlal's feet and apologizes and then leaves quietly.
09:00Are you Bablal?
09:04The boy quickly touches Ramlal's feet and hugs him.
09:10Yes, Baba, you recognized me.
09:14Ramlal hugs him tightly and starts crying.
09:19You, you really are Bablal.
09:23My Bablal.
09:24You have grown so much and look like a real officer.
09:29Yes, Baba, Sharini Didi helped me study and today I have become a big officer.
09:36What?
09:37Really?
09:38You have become an officer?
09:40My Bablu an officer?
09:43If your Amma hears this, she'll go mad with happiness.
09:48Where is Amma, Baba?
09:50I want to meet her.
09:52I have come to take both of you with me.
09:55Bablu takes his Amma and Baba to the city with him.
09:59And starts living a happy life with them.

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