[Kerala Diary-2]: Actions speak louder than words...

Few days back in the evening myself and my mother were walking on the corridor , neighbouring room's old lady(aged about 70 years) spoke to us. She was talking in tamil and we were replying in kannada after understanding few keywords, even she was also doing so...!
Suddenly she came close to me and told Apple...apple and then something in tamil which I could not understand. She repeated it 2-3 times, somehow I could understand that "apple is got over, could you get it for my grand daughter"
I said "OK I will get it tomorrow"
Then again she told me something in Tamil which I couldnt understand again, so I gestured something to make her understand that "I didnt get what she was telling". Then she went inside and brought orange, showed her finger to indicate that there is only one,similar way she showed for banana also.
I told, "Ok....I will get it tomorrow", then she told so many things, but I could only understand," my grand daughter doesnt eat food, thats why all these are required"

Next day morning she came and told me that she will give money now. Even when I told her to give money only after getting fruits. She didnt understand,so she was going to her room to get the money, then I had to enact to convey her to give money only after I come back!

After getting the fruits, when I did knock the door, she came and collected the fruits, then she asked "How much did it cost?"
I didnot take any trouble to tell her, instead I chosed to write it down on a piece of paper, so I went inside her room, only to see....
her grand daughter lying on the floor,that seen really shook me to the grounds.Infact she was sitting...neither she was able to sit upright nor was able to hold her head upright. There was no energy in her hands and legs. Both of her hands and legs were looking like a small piece of pasted narrow wooden sticks of width one and half inch! I was dumbfonded by seeing that. Why God is so cruel on some people??? Her grand mother held her head upright for sometime...then I could guess that she might be aged around 10-11 years.
I felt bad for one more thing, her parents came here just to drop her, since then her grand mother is taking care of her. Her grand mother doesnt know any language other than Tamil. She can't read out what medicines have been prescribed for her grand daughter. I don't know, how is she managing everything!
Later with the help opposite roomie,who knew little bit of tamil, informed her about the prescription and diet, then only she became aware of all those stuffs!!!
They are here since more than a week!
When I was standing near by, that little girl tried telling something to me, but she couldnot. She didn't have the stamina to talk something. Then with her innocent eyes, she told me to sit on the chair....
I was overwhelmed by her gesture...

"TO SHOW AFFECTION AND CARE, LANGUAGE IS NOT THE BARRIER".

Since then till we were there...she used to call my mother daily to her room.....she just used to hold my mother's hand till she used to feel ok....
"ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS..."