His friend was brutally raped by six bxxxxs in a running bus in Delhi. He fought till the time he was beaten black and blue with an iron rod. They broke his leg, robbed him, snatched his mobile and left him almost naked. He fought till the time he could.
Then on that chilling cold night he was thrown from the running bus along with his girlfriend.They were naked, drained, exhausted and both were bleeding, for different reasons. He tried to stop passing cars and kept on begging for a piece of shawl to wrap his naked girlfriend, and finally got it after 40 minutes.
Then he took her to the hospital, admitted her, called the police, called her parents and did every possible thing with cooperation that a true friend should do in the hour of need.
He could have fled from the bus: he did not. He could have left her on the road: he did not.
He could have claimed fame and money (as the father of Nirbhaya did, who took Rs 25 lakhs from the UP CM, a job for his son and much more from many people in his daughter's name): but he did not.
He could have claimed his treatment money from the govt: he did not. He could have become the most frequently seen face in the electronic media in exchange for money: he did not.
If this is not friendship then what else is true
friendship?
When the entire country roared for the girl no one thought what this boy had gone through that night. He is not a film star or a cricketer.He is Awindra Pratap Pandey, a boy from Gorakshapur in UP, the boy who loved his girl from the core of his heart.
When this boy is there somewhere in anonymity, why should we Indians celebrate Friendship Day on 3 August to copy the Americans?
We should celebrate Friendship Day in India on 16 December to salute the spirit of Awindra who proved what friendship means. Let 16 December be the official Friendship Day in India (and if it is felt it clashes with Vijay Diwas, then on 29(?) Dec when the girl died).
Am I talking sense? Courtesy हनुमान भक्त कार्तिक.....................Lokesh Saksena.
Then he took her to the hospital, admitted her, called the police, called her parents and did every possible thing with cooperation that a true friend should do in the hour of need. He is Awindra Pratap Pandey, a boy from Gorakshapur in UP, the boy who loved his girl from the core of his heart.
We should celebrate Friendship Day in India on 16 December "to salute the spirit of Friendship and Awindra, who proved what friendship means". ..................Ashok Jain