Letter to Paritrana....

With years, I have come to believe that there is a major flaw in our teachings. We are taught to help the poor, the oppressed, because they are needy, helpless. They too are made to believe in it and taught to live on sympathy. What is more horrifying is that the helplessness breathes in them rite from childhood. Instead of trying to come up, they themselves cut down all their hopes to better future. Being poor is not wrong, whats wrong is self pity. This is the highest evil. More than any political corruption, the corruption of mind and soul is highly dangerous. It defies man's only purpose to exist.

Our current system, instead of fostering confidence and self respect, helps in fastening the roots of this invisible corruption. With all the quota systems and special facilities, it encourages poor to remain poor and vulgarly display more and more of their incapabilities. What Ayn Rand portrays in her "The Anthem" is slowly happening to all of us.

We need to change our moto. Instead of saying, "we are here to help the poor" we need to say, "We are here, to help them help themselves!" We need to guide them to understand their capabilities, rejuvanate their self esteem. They need to internally realize that they should not live on charity. Why should another man strive for someone else? If each person lives to support his own family, without interferring in any other person's life negatively, most of the problems shall be resolved. The whole social system is structured on this basic principle of give and take. Variations in economic statuses are bound to exist (we all know what happened with Russia) but that doesn't necessarily mean that poor need to be looked down with sympathy. They can be helped, but should not be made to live like parasites.

"They take the first step and we are here to help", this feeling needs to be propagated. "Self respect", in its true meaning and power needs to be kindled in all those hopeless hearts. We need to build a country thats free of all shame and embarasement. Even a poor person should earn his daily bread, live with a rightful dream of betterment and take pride in his being.

Definitely change has to take effect, lets start from the very core, The Indian soul!