A tribute to my heroes !

[JUSTIFY]Definition of HERO
1.
a : a mythological or legendary figure often of divine descent endowed with great strength or ability
b : an illustrious warrior
c : a man admired for his achievements and noble qualities
d : one who shows great courage
2
a : the principal male character in a literary or dramatic work
b : the central figure in an event, period, or movement
Source: Hero - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Who is a hero? We always think of the second meaning whenever we hear the word right? May be its not our mistake. It is how the present media portrays the word “Hero “. Whenever you ask someone, “Who is your favorite hero? “, we get answers like Sharukh khan, Rajni kanth, Aamir Khan Etc. Are they real heroes? I don’t think so. There are lots of heroes around us whose life may be a great inspiration for us, but we never notice them because they are not famous.

This write up is about the real heroes whom I have met in my life on various instances. This is a small tribute for them, so that at least people in this forum will know their deeds.

b: an illustrious warrior:
Warrior is not only the person who fights in a battle but also the one who fights with her life every day. Mrs. Rani is a small scale fruit seller who visits my area. She brings fruits on a basket and walks miles and miles to sell them. Her husband was an alcoholic and he was of no use to her. In spite of the challenges and difficulties she faced on this men driven society, she succeeded after a battle of twenty years. She has made her son a mechanical engineer who works in Ford now. Her life taught me to overcome all difficult situations with a smile. I have seen her for ten years and not even a single day she complained about her life. I adore you mam !.

d: one who shows great courage

Mr. Palanichamy is from a very small village from India, where female genocide is still in practice. After his wife passed away giving birth to a baby girl, people from village wanted to kill the child. The man never gave up on his daughter. He stood up against the whole village to protect his daughter and when the problems got worse, he escaped to my city. He works as a security guard on my college. His daughter Miss Shalini is a brilliant kid going to school. Whenever he narrates the story of how he escaped from his villagers, my respect for this man increases. I always admire his courage. Mr. Palanichamy, a salute to you sir.

c: a man admired ( at least by me ) for his achievements :

A boy who escaped from the war zone in Sri Lanka, along with his mom and sister had nothing when he came to India. He is now a dynamic researcher in Power industry. He has published over 239 journal papers and he is funding over a 100 projects. He was my professor Dr. K when I did my Masters. He has risen from the ground level to the top, only by hard work and dedication. He will be a hero to me both professionally and personally.

c: a man admired ( by me ) for his noble qualities:

He never told me his name. It happened during my undergrad when I was collecting donation for education of poor children. A beggar crawled (he was handicapped and he couldn’t walk) near me and as I searched my pockets for giving him some change, he signaled me to bend down. As I bent down, he took all his money from his pocket and dropped into the donation box. I was shocked and I said him, “Sir, you don’t have to do this”. He said, “I have money for my next meal and let this money go for education”. He pointed at his leg and said, “This didn’t make me a beggar, my illiteracy did. So please spend it for the children”. I almost cried there and he comes to my mind whenever I act selfish. I cherish this man as my greatest hero.

The words illustrious, admired may not suit this people. But the words warrior, courage, noble definitely suits them. They are the real heroes and they do go by the first definition.

To all my friends who read this:
We can always learn from life of other people. I wrote this because someone may learn from their life. They are not very famous people. Our media will never know them. I am not a great writer either; it’s just a simple tribute from the bottom of my heart.[/JUSTIFY]

 

I am happy that it triggered the memories of real heroes whom u have met... I will be happy if people could share about their real time heroes in this post...

 

Thanks sir ... I just wanted the ppl to know about these unnoticed heroes !