A sneak into the life different from ours............BEHIND THE GREYS
BEHIND THE GREYS: He is an old man. We call him Nana . He has a fringe of grey white hair around his balding head, and his back is slightly hunched. Mr. Yusuf Khan ( Nana ) is a very old man who is employed to provide us with security when the sky changes colour and the sun disappears below the western horizontal. A man who travelled eight decades to stand here as an old man, beaten and weakened. A night before yesterday, when I was sitting in front of our hostel, he was edging his hands towards the flame of fire . The light of the flame illuminated his tired and wrinkled face . When he was describing his life, his voice was slow , the map of wrinkles on his face told us the incredible journey of his life. His forehead told us of worries past and present. He is a layman, having five children, four of whom are far away from his shed . One of them is a 40 year old woman who is mentally challenged and was not accepted by society. His wife, Mrs. Zahida Khan, suff...