THINK YOU IN THEM
Would you believe 55% of INDIA's population are below the poverty line in terms of education, wealth, human wealth resource etc.? This is what a report of TOI claims. According to the report of World bank in 2005 nearly 41.3% of total population of India are below the poverty line in terms of income. It says that those poor people could not earn Rs.21.6 per day in urban and Rs.14.3 per day in rural region. THINK IF YOU CAN SPEND ONLY Rs.22 IN A DAY WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH THAT AMOUNT? IF WE SPEND THAT MONEY LIKE AN ORDINARY DAY IT WONT BE ENOUGH FOR ONE TIME MEAL. Then think wat those poor can do. That too in this high inflation nation. They can have only one or two times food of very poor quality without proper nutritions. There is no way to even have good bathing soap or a toothbrush or any other must needed products of today's world. Think if you have a day when the food is of poor taste, no snacks to bite, no bathing, no television or internet, no mobiles, spending time near sewage in worst smell, without clothes etc. How the day will be? It will be worst ever day of our life when we have experienced luxury and suddenly spending a day as poor.
THINK WE ARE SPENDING LOT OF MONEY TO MAKE OUR BODY FIT AND HEALTHY. BUT THERE ARE CRORES OF PEOPLE WHOSE BONES CAN BE EASILY COUNTED. We feel if we little of our fitness. But there are many who cant even have food for atleast thrice a day. WE NEED NEW CLOTHES FOR EVERY BIRTHDAY, EVERY DIWALI, FOR EVERY function. There is no single proper cloth for many to hide their bones. We celebrate every function wasting lot of money with delicious food. Some times beyond our capacity. Celebrations are not wrong. But unnecessary expenditure is waste. From that money atleast one poor can have nice food for a day.
We spend thousands to fire crackers for Diwali just to hear a bursting sound and to see a colour rich lights causing pollution. I am not asking you to stop firing them. I am requesting you to reduce it. If you are spending Rs.1000 for crackers every year make it for 500. Many can have good food from that money. We celebrate atleast three functions per year. If you take some part of the celebration and help the poors, it means you are MAKING A SOUL HAPPY.
The tough fact is that In INDIA there are hundreds of top millionaires in the world. But at the same time one third of world poor is from India. In 1947, India and South korea had equal poverty level. But by the time passed in 2000s South korea became developed nation. But India till has poverty. The reasons said for poverty are caste system which dont allow minorities to come out of poverty.And unemployment is also a major cause for this poverty. In a nation like India which is second populated country it very difficult to employ all. World bank estimates that 80% of Indians have less than $2 dollars a day. Thats means there are people who earn in thousands per day and also people who cant even earn in hundreds a day. There are people who can build houses for thousands of crores for just a family. And also there are people who cannot even build a mud house no their own. Over the past twenty years the economic growth of our nation has increased. But the poverty till exists. Becoz 60% of INDIA depends on agriculture. But in recent years the agriculture lands have been converted into industries. This affected the growth of agriculture. Hence lot of people are left unemployed. In recent years there are many farmers who suicided themselves because of poverty. WE ARE NOT MESSENGERS OF GOD TO SAVE THESE PEOPLE FROM POVERTY. But we can do our best to HELP THE POOR. The following ways can help the poor which we can do to our ability-
* during functions instead of spending too much money we can spend a little for the poor
* instead of throwing our old clothes in dust bins we can give to poor without proper clothes who can use it
* instead of purchasing too much dresses we can learn to satisfy with the few so that we can help poor from that money
*instead of wasting money in unwanted entertainments like drinking, spending in hotels unnecessarily, riding bikes unwantedly etc we can give that money for poor instead of it
*the ultimate every rupee we spend unnecessarily can be given to a poor so that we can have the HAPPY OF MAKING ONE POOR HAPPY FOR A DAY.
*the thing is if we act to our conscience we can make many happy and live a better life. I HOPE YOU WILL ATLEAST TRY. If we dont do this, WE ARE THE REAL POOR.
JAI HIND.
