Shivanna
Memories are funny, they sneak up on you when you least expect them. When i opened my Instagram the other day, it was an almost mindless force of habit and routine. As i scrolled through my feed, I came across a video shared by Ratan Tata about a young boy who talks about his father who is a sanitation worker. The video soon went viral and it was shared by many people across WhatsApp groups, chats, Facebook posts... The video personally meant a lot more to me as it brought back a flood of memories. Some memories unwittingly get etched very strongly in our minds and hearts and get triggered when we least expect them to surface. My earliest interaction, if i can call it that, with a sanitation worker was way back when i was a child. I remember being in the car with my father and we were driving out somewhere. Suddenly, he stopped the car to the side when he saw a few people working near a manhole. As a child i had no idea what those gaping holes were or what those men were doin...