by Richie Lasrado, Resident Editor, Daijiworld.com, Mangalore
Mangalore, Apr 27: Indeed he was a man of thoughts and vision. And the vision of Mick Max will live in the hearts of a myriad of friends and admirers the world over.
But a nobler deed has been done by his family after he departed, with the donation of his eyes to the Eye Bank - for onward donation, one each to two visually impaired persons, who will remain anonymous as per convention.
Micky had not taken the decision, for he had a plan to live long. Maybe he had deferred the decision, and had not shunned the idea.
But his family and relatives put their heads together soon after his demise and took a magnanimous decision to donate his eyes to two genuinely needy persons. Those two beneficiaries will forever remain grateful to Micky and his family for the gift of sight.
May this inspire more and more people to decide on a similar gesture so that the less fortunate brethren in our society be blessed with the faculty of sight and would be able to see this beautiful world. For, they alone would know, when they begin to see things around through Micky's eyes, what it is to be deprived of sight and therefore know the difference.
While on the subject, one of Micky's memorable musical creations happens to be 'Tuje sobit te don dolle' ('Your beautiful pair of eyes' in Konkani) and it always remained his own all-time favourite as well.
Besides, Micky acted for the first time in a Konkani movie - "Mog and Moipas" (Love and Affection) - he played the lover of a blind girl and he finally donated his eyes to her so that she could see the light of this world. Could he somewhere have had a thought that he would, after decades, be doing a similar deed in real life?
Could he, looking down from up there, be imploring everyone around here to do likewise, by asking to donate 'Tuje sobit te don dolle'?
People like him may be out of sight, but will never be out of our minds.
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