UNarayanan Krishnan, umpheki wabampofu

UNarayanan Krishnan osemncane wayehloselwe ukuwina imiklomelo njengompheki ngenkathi esebenza njengompheki ehhotela likanokusho eSwitzerland.

Kolunye lohambo lwakhe lokuyobona umndeni wakhe, edolobheni langakubo eMadurai eNdiya, uNarayanan wayenokuhlangenwe nakho okwakungashintsha impilo yakhe unomphela. Wazithela kumuntu omdala kakhulu emgwaqeni okwathi ngenxa yokushoda kokudla, wayezidlela indle yakhe.

Lokhu okuhlangenwe nakho kwaguqula impilo kaNarayanan: ngemuva kokondla leyo ndoda, washiya umsebenzi wayohlala eNdiya ukuthola i-NGO ngo-2003 Akshaya Trust. Kusuka lapho usephakele asebekhulile nabakhubazekile ngokwengqondo ngaphezu kwesigidi, Bashiywe yimindeni yabo ezitaladini zaseMadurai.

Nsuku zonke uNarayanan uvuka ngo-4 ekuseni futhi uhambela idolobha laseMadurai nethimba lakhe, adle ukudla okungaba ngu-400 ngosuku.

UNarayanan usebenzise yonke imali ayongele ukuqala lo msebenzi, Akanawo umholo futhi ulala nethimba lakhe ekhishini lapho basebenza khona.
Kuthathe abazali bakhe isikhashana ukwamukela umqondo wokuthi indodana yabo ishiye umsebenzi wayo othembisayo njengompheki waphesheya, ukuzinikezela ekuphekeleni abalambile edolobheni. Kodwa ngosuku umama wakhe amphelezela emjikelezweni wakhe wabona ukuthi indodana yakhe yenzani, wamtshela ukuthi inqobo nje uma ezondla labo bantu uzomondla.

Iphupho likaNarayanan bekukwakha isakhiwo sokukhoselisa abantu emgwaqweni, sekuphele iminyaka engu-7 silwela ukuthola imali edingekayo, futhi ekugcineni, ngoMeyi 9, 2013 savulwa lesi sakhiwo.

UNarayanan uthi uzizwa ejabule kakhuluUzizwa ukuthi lokhu akuphilayo akuyona iphupho, kungaphezu kwalokho, kungumphefumulo wakhe. Uthi abantu abondla nsuku zonke bangamandla amshukumisela ukuba aphile nokuthi ukubanakekela kuyinjongo yakhe yokuphila.

Impilo kaNarayanan iyisibonelo sokuzwelana nabanye abantu, kepha esikhundleni sokumcabanga ngendlela ejwayelekile, njengomuntu okhethekile, besingambona ngokombono womuntu othokozayo futhi oshukunyiswa yilokho akwenzayo; kusuka ebugovu obuqotho futhi obumangalisayo, lapho umuntu, ngenxa yenjabulo nomuzwa wokuthi umsebenzi wakhe umletha kuye, ezinikela ngokuphelele kuwo.

UNarayanan kungenzeka angabi yiqhawe mhlawumbe ngumuntu othole indlela ezwakalayo kuye nokuthi sithunyelwe ngokuphelele. Mhlawumbe leyo ndlela ivulekele sonke, mhlawumbe hhayi ngemisebenzi ekhazimulayo njengaleyo yaseNarayanan, kodwa nabanye ibaluleke kakhulu; imisebenzi egcwalisa ubukhona bethu nenjongo nesifiso sokuphila.

Izikhathi eziningi kakhulu siyayeka ukuzwa ukuthi asazi ukuthi sizonikela kanjani ezimpilweni zabanye, futhi mhlawumbe sinenketho eseduze kunalokho esicabanga ngakho futhi sidinga nje ukubona lapho singenza khona umehluko omkhulu empilweni okungenani umuntu oyedwa. Lokho kunganele Sengathi ngamunye wethu angenza umehluko omkhulu empilweni yomuntu oyedwa nje.

I-athikili ebhalwe ngu-Álvaro Gómez. Imininingwane engaphezulu nge-vlvaro lapha