Dear Paul Uncle,

So it all started when I went for a heritage walk some time in August last year when I was in tenth. I used to study in Deens Academy back then and really wanted to know more about the Anglo Indian land I had been studying on for more than five years.

After many attempts of puppy dog faces and other buttering my parents finally agreed to let me go for it. In no time I was there at the Whitefield Church waiting for it to start. I had had no idea that walk was going to introduce some one so amazing to me !

During the walk which was pretty sober till then we were taken to the oldest house on Whitefield which was built based on the original plane of Mr.White the architect behind the whole original plan of Whitefield. That house was now owned by a Mr.Paul and his mother.

The house was so beautiful that I had gone gaga over the house and its authentically designed to garden within minutes of entering the short green-white gate. The garden had about 10 different orchid plants scattered here and there. Trust me when I tell you it was love at first sight for me when I first saw them. I immediately and extremely shamelessly asked Aunty if I could borrow a few and she very willingly gave two pretty plants to me. Aunty told me one would grow and the other one was a stubborn one and had very few chances of survival.

A year had passed by, my tenth finals got over. I was in 11th garde and now I was studying in CMR National PU College, Ekay campus. A few days ago I was to attend a five day crash course in French near the house I had visited so I thought of dropping by to return a pending favor.

The plant that was supposed to grow hadn't grown and the one that wasn't bad grown and was very healthy. I had assumed that I had a story and some plants to share so I visited Uncle and Aunty. Through out the course of learning French I went to their house everyday to barter different orchid plants that were all from different parts of the world.

On the third day, when u went early with a freidn who was more than happy to accompany me Paul Uncle asked us if we wanted to see his latest development on a project he was on.

Willingly we both accepted the offer and followed him. He lead us to his room where on an antique table laid his work. Believe it or not it was a computer for the blind that he has invented. We were so shocked and awestruck to find out that the all-so-humble Paul Uncle was an inventor and this time he had invented something that has the potential to change the lives of millions of blind people living amongst us.

I returned home that day a shocked person  because from the time I was four I had always wanted to be an inventor like Dexter or Newton. Forget being an inventor I was dying to at least meet an inventor and here I was talking to one and trading plants with from the past four days. He then told us that he had given a TEDX talk in Vellore last year which was available on YouTube. (Search for Paul  D'souza Tedx talk VIT Vellore to watch it on YouTube)

After watching the talk I figured uncle was much more than an inventor. He was a complete human who was humble, considerate and kind. My whole perspective on being a better human changed after meeting him. I realised being considerate cab sometimes help change lives and being humble no matter what will change the way people think about you once they find out who you are and what good you have been doing.

I had made my mind that no matter who I was going to be in the future , humility will be a compulsory part of me which was no matter what never going to leave me.

Dear Paul Uncle,

Thank you Paul Uncle for being so kind and inspiring. Thank you !!

Until then happy reading dear silent reader !!