Poverty

I'm thinking it's something that this is what impression Indians give foreigners at times. Well, i know it is for me. Coming from a wealthy country where i wouldn't have to worry about a future where i may simply end up sleeping on streets, it seems scares me to see the amount of people sleeping on streets here in India. It's like a norm for everyone of them. It hurts to see them live life the way they do and no doubt, without fail makes me reflect on every single thing life is related to.


I'd always say god is never fair, which is in fact a truth i hate to the core. I'll always complain about whatever i can't get back at home and how god isn't fair to everybody. But unfairness god gave me cannot ever be compared, on any scale, to unfairness Indians get here. One end of the street could be filthy rich people shopping like there's no tomorrow and the other end are beggers who can only worry about how to keep their stomachs filled.

I often wonder if they had a choice to remove themselves from the poverty they're in. Choice as in, to head out and work instead of begging for money or food. But, from what i see and observe, people seem to really work hard, both physically and mentally hard, to earn that few little rupees that can barely help meet their needs. So i'm guessing, even if they had a choice, poverty will always be tagged onto them even till death. How sad but true.