20 Rupayee Ka Recharge - Unknown Stories of Unknown Karyakartas
Karyakarta! A sacred character that is always difficult to understand. Some say that his atttibutes cannot be explained, but can be only experienced. An incident that occurred years back in my initial days of ABVP flashed in front of me when my friend who is a volunteer of an international NGO was cribbing about his NGO for delay in crediting petrol allowance. The story is about a 19-year student from a humble background. He was an office-bearer in the city unit but owned the identity of 'ABVP Karyakarta' more on his shoulders. He was made incharge of a campaign and he had to send reminder SMS of the meeting to all the karyakartas. A recharge of SMS plan was essential for it, which at that time would cost Rs.20. As he checked his pocket he could only find a 20 Rupee note which he had saved for his bus fare to travel to ABVP office for the meeting. He was caught in a great dilemma. Sending SMS was a very important task which he wanted to complete, so was attending the meeting ...