One day a person was walking on the streets of Bandar, a small town in Andhra Pradesh. One look at him showed that he was a man of integrity.
He suddenly heard a boy weeping. On queried the boy told “My father died recently. We are three brothers and our Mother is jobless. I am the eldest of the children. I dont know how to feed my family as we are very poor”.
The person thought for a while; he wanted to help the young boy somehow. He said “come with me” and took him to the local Bank. He convinced the Manager to to train the boy on some useful work in the Bank. The boy turned out to be quite diligent. Since the Bank Manager refused to give salary during the training, the person gave money to the boy from his own pocket for two months. The Bank employed him in the third month on finding him quite suitable and the boy thus had a steady salary.
The person who helped the boy was none other than “Dr. Bhogaraaju Pattaabhi Seetaaraamayya“, a great freedom fighter. Though Seetaaraamayya could have just given the boy some money and consoled him, as most of us will do normally, he didnt choose to do that. Instead he spent his valuable time, the boy for two months after he has worked hard, made the boy learn to stand on his own legs and did true help to the poor family. The wise always said that “Samaya Daanam” is the greatest Daanam.
As Confusius said, "Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime"
