Helping or ruining??

I was returning back home yesterday evening after a reporting from Lazimpat. It was already quite late and I and my friend were walking quite fast. Near American Embassy, a group of small children encircled us and requested us to buy their postcards. We were confused whether to take anything from them or simply ignore them. We believed that begging should not be encouraged, but this was not begging... But we refused to buy their cards because we thought that they would use the money to buy Dendrite... Most probably you might have seen street children inhaling Dendrite - one of the cheapest and most harmful drugs!!!

After they followed a long distance, I could bear it no longer. After all they looked like kids from good families. They were finely dressed, and the thing that touched me the most was a small cute little girl who was telling 'didi, euta kindinus na, ek rupiya diye pugchha'(sister please buy one, you could pay only Rs 1)... I was so taken aback that I stopped and took three coins and distributed each to the nearest three. They took it with big smiles on their face and that made me happy too. Then they stopped following us and we walked ahead.

A little later, I saw them crossing the road a little behind us. The little girl was carrying a packet of noodles. I thought what a mistake it was, to give her the money. The noodles would only ruin her health. I silently cursed her parents for letting her do what she had been doing... I regretted on having sympathised with the girl's innocent face!!!