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Though the word charity is used often mainly to communicate an idea I wish that word would disappear. Anyone giving anyone else with a sense of superiority - even if it is latent - is not helping himself or herself.
It is indeed a privilege that a few are fortunate without any action on our part that we have less issues and more diposable wealth (money and all other good things in life such as health & time). As caretakers and not owners of this wealth we have the privilege to earn some Punya and convert our wealth to something that truly does good.
India or for that matter does not need charity or handouts (given with a sense of superiority) from anyone including NRIs.
In my limited visits to rural India both in the North and South I have seen very generous people. Regardless of their monetary situation they are truly rich. When I think of India as a nation I think of the large majority who despite their net worth are truly generous.
In my experience, more percentages of the aspiring upper middle class and 'rich' types especially in cities like Chennai tend to be infested with narrow minded and self centered people. Some of these are the people who help propagate a culture of corruption which keeps the rest of the country in poverty. They are unable to say anything good about anyone else even about strangers in India or elsewhere. Some of these people tend to be copy cats and ape the west for all the wrong things and are clueless about India's true greatness.
In USA in my limited experience the average middle class person tend to be more generous when it comes to helping a good cause. (Obviously there are exceptions.) I cannot say the same about NRI and recent immigrants. They are more like the kind I run into in places like Chennai.
Having said this, let me say that I love Chennai - I know many outstanding human beings there . However the share of corrupt and narrow minded people seemed to be lot more in my experience. They are even unaware how they have become.
This is not a statement about anyone who visits this forum !
It is indeed a privilege that a few are fortunate without any action on our part that we have less issues and more diposable wealth (money and all other good things in life such as health & time). As caretakers and not owners of this wealth we have the privilege to earn some Punya and convert our wealth to something that truly does good.
India or for that matter does not need charity or handouts (given with a sense of superiority) from anyone including NRIs.
In my limited visits to rural India both in the North and South I have seen very generous people. Regardless of their monetary situation they are truly rich. When I think of India as a nation I think of the large majority who despite their net worth are truly generous.
In my experience, more percentages of the aspiring upper middle class and 'rich' types especially in cities like Chennai tend to be infested with narrow minded and self centered people. Some of these are the people who help propagate a culture of corruption which keeps the rest of the country in poverty. They are unable to say anything good about anyone else even about strangers in India or elsewhere. Some of these people tend to be copy cats and ape the west for all the wrong things and are clueless about India's true greatness.
In USA in my limited experience the average middle class person tend to be more generous when it comes to helping a good cause. (Obviously there are exceptions.) I cannot say the same about NRI and recent immigrants. They are more like the kind I run into in places like Chennai.
Having said this, let me say that I love Chennai - I know many outstanding human beings there . However the share of corrupt and narrow minded people seemed to be lot more in my experience. They are even unaware how they have become.
This is not a statement about anyone who visits this forum !
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