My Thoughts

Helping tendency is not a common thing among human beings. It is even hard to find someone who would help people selflessly without any benefit to take out of that deed. That’s the reason I was awestruck when I read about this young boy just 19 years of age risking his life to help people just because it makes him happy. Venkatesh has been doing this since he was 13 years old and is extremely happy to put his life at risk to save people from drowning in the famous Marina Beach in Chennai.

People like Venkatesh are extremely rare in this world and need to be cherished and celebrated. Venkatesh has saved 100’s of people from drowning and does not want anything in return for the same. He even says that the people whom he rescues do not even acknowledge him sometimes but still it does not deter him from jumping into water the next time someone’s in trouble.

This young boy is special and I hope that the Govt. of Tamil Nadu does something to recognize this selfless act. The boy just wants to spend his life on the beach saving people and would like to setup a small shop there in the beach itself to earn his livelihood. It will be great to help him if there were proper channels for the same. I hope that people like Venkatesh are honored and respected for bravery and courage. He has been putting his life in danger to save strangers and he has been doing this for 7 years now.

Please share this with as many people as you can. I hope that this reaches the right people through social medium and the boy gets the help he needs to continue this selfless act. People like Venkatesh actually makes you believe in humanity which otherwise seems to be dead all over the world.