I shoud have reacted .....

This incident happened around a month back . I was in Bangalore then and I was new to the place. I was staying in heart of the city. I even now remember that day vividly.That was one of those horrible days in which nothing worked fine. Lots of work but none of our fixes worked. We usually had dinner in the same place and infact the same food.After some time even the bearer started to bring us food without even taking orders from us :).Thats how monotonous life was.On that day after completing our dinner we were walking towards our hotel.Just next to my hotel there was a chat stall.I was nearing the hotel lobby along with my colleagues when I saw a a person in his mid forties picking up a pav from the road that was in the road supposedly thrown away by the chat shop walah while closing the shop and started eating it.Infact he did not even stay there after picking the pav he just passed away slowly eating it.I was shocked to see that. With due respect to the person the next visual that went thru my mind was a stray animal eating the food.But then I realized immediately that it was a man(a human being). My mind and heart said in unison that I will have to give a 50 Rs note to that person asking him to have some good food.
But for some strange reason I did not act and as I entered the hotel lobby that person went away .I still don't know why I reacted that way.Usually I react immediately but on that day I don't know what happened.... I thought about it the whole night but I was not able to find a reason why I did not react.

What struck me about that person was that he did not beg.There were lots of people around and every night I usually notice atleast one person seeking alms.But this person did not do so.As a matter of fact I don't encourage begging and so usually don't give money to people.But this person did not expect any money neither from me nor from others.

So why did I not react ?

Would I have reacted differently if it was for some other day?

These questions will always remain unanswered. Life goes on and I am sure I will again face such a situation.I hope I don't repeat the same mistake I did that day ....... This incident will remain etched forever close to my heart .....