Johnas Sequiera
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru

Mangaluru, Dec 6: Sometimes, little deeds of kindness can go a long way in helping somebody. While most of us bemoan the fading away of humanity and values in today's world, here are three young men who, with their noble act, have set an example for all to follow.

Royal, Lincoln and Stephen

Royal Pais, Lincoln Pinto and Stephen Lopes, students of second BCom in St Aloysius College here, came to the rescue of a lady who was travelling alone with her infant and inadvertently entered the wrong train coach. The lady's husband, in an act of equal large-heartedness, has sent an email to the college profusely thanking the three youngsters.

Here's what happened. On Novemeber 2, the lady, wife of Major Pramod S Dixit, was travelling from Mangaluru Junction to Bengaluru by Bengaluru Express when she mistakenly got into a wrong coach which was about nine coaches away from the correct one. "She was travelling with heavy baggage and (our) one-and-half-year-old daughter. She was struggling with the luggage with her daughter in her arms. It was an impossible task of moving through a running train to traverse through eight coaches with an infant by the arm and heavy luggage," said Major Dixit.

"At this point, about halfway through this desperate situation, she happened to cross a compartment that was occupied by some students. One boy readily offered to help her move the heavy baggage till her seat. On reaching the seat, she requested them to help her with more luggage which she had left behind in the old coach. The boys readily agreed to assist. They then helped her move a very heavy bag all the way through eight coaches," he explained.

This heart-warming act was much appreciated by Major Pramod S Dixit in his mail to Fr Swebert D'Silva, principal of St Aloysius College, on Sunday December 4.

"On her enquiry if she could do anything for them, they cheerfully declined any return favours and proudly declared that they were 'students of St Aloysius'," he said.

Expressing profuse gratitude, Major Dixit told the principal, "Three students of your college saved my wife from a lot of trouble and deserve a hearty thanks on our behalf. It is my kind request if the students be identified and our gratitude be conveyed to them. In the days when morality and social etiquettes are on a down side roll, such selfless acts by young people is a silver lining. It is indeed doubtless that the grooming by their parents and your institution has moulded them into such well mannered and selfless individuals."

Speaking to daijiworld, Fr Swebert D'Silva, principal of St Aloysius College said, "The motto of our college is 'To be men and women for others'. These young boys have done the same. We have a programme called 'Sahaya', wherein every student has to spend 20 hours in a year visiting orphanages and teaching them and engage in many more activities. The college has the responsibility of building better citizens for the country. The noble act by the three students will be recognised by the college. All these three students are part of All India Catholic Union Faderation (AICUF)."

Mother Teresa, or St Teresa of Calcutta, once said, "We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop". Indeed, every deed of kindness can make this world a much better place, and the trio from St Aloysius College just proved it.