Her story
She said she lived in a village house built by her husband in the 60's. Unfortunately her husband passed away last year. I asked her how long she has been having asthmatic problem. She said she has it for 50 years already. She continued telling that it was not severe in her early years. In her 30's, she only had one asthma attack every 6 to 7 years. And it would stop after taking a single tablet( obviously she could not remember what medicine it was). And she claimed last three years, she has been having attacks like once every 2 weeks, And i also took note of her address and her village house is nearby some new housing development by a famous company. And her house is also next to a North-South highway and the train tracks. Before i was going to tell why she is having frequent attacks, she started explaining that it all because of the dust from the new housing development. But she cannott move away from there because that is her only house. She also said "pity all you youngsters going to suffer sooner than me". I am only exposed to this dust in my old age,but you all are exposed now itself.
I was actually abit awestruck by her last statement. Not being able to say a word, i just told her to wear a mask at least and learn the correct technique of using the inhaler. And told her that she should follow the breathing exercises taught. She thanked me for my time. (infact i should be thanking her in a way because eventhough a short conversation,it was an eye opener)
What i learned today:
1) Any greedy actions will affect someones life. (the developer was thinking he was developing the place and getting money out of it, think about how many people life was affected by a corporate greed)
2) Do not underestimate the knowledge of elders. We think we live in a modern world and we know everything, but elders learned same knowledge we learn from internet by experiencing it
