conflicting ideas

everytime i pass the busy streets of secunderabad, i notice a pain gripping my head. In the midst of the modern man passing swiftly for his routine work, lurk the physically challenged and some elderly eagerly looking for people to donate them some coins. This gets more painful when, kids of my age (probably younger than me) who should be in a school studying, take the responsibility of feeding themselves and their family. A rather immature thought in my mind asks a question- why does the world that has so much wealth, that has many dont know how to spend the piling notes,  trigger those children who at such an age bear the pain of a life time. A more practical reason for the situation that comes in everyones mind would be the economic disparities.n.

The other day,when i got down a bus ..it was a blazing summer in hyderabad, my eyes were searching for some nearby bakery where i can go quench my thirst. luckily i found something close and the moment i was about to get into the shop, a young girl in rags was looking at me. I then lost the thought of going in, when my eyes couldnt reply to the plain eyes of the staring kid. I left the place wid my brain storming in the hot sun.

I’ve encountered such situations a hell lot of times, and everytime my thoughts get sluggish looking for an answer. Whenever possible, i give a helping hand as there’s nothing wrong in helping a challenged or an old person and the single pie i give him will not effect my wealth. But why support someone if the  person is capable of working but is not doing just for the cause he is getting money by being idle? Its nothing but supporting a person for no cause and further encouraging him to pursue begging. Those children urging for money should be put in the schools aided by the govt that support who have no one to look after them by providing food, shelter and education. Ofcourse a common scenario is a part of the process- many parents donot want to forego the income their children fetch for them by putting them in schools. This very reason is responsible for practices like child labour and all still persisting in the economy.

So everyone who lament not having an air conditioning at work, or while waiting for a bus that is late by some ten mins, remember the fact that lives of tens of  millions of people are worse not momentarily but all the while.

Thanks Divesh for ur help regards the post as wellas for supporting my thoughts