Crores of Indians in the country and abroad are celebrating the festival of light, Diwali , this Saturday.It's the time of the year for the near and dearones to come together to rejoice and exchange gifts and sweets to mark this festival which commemorates the victory of good over evil. Diwali symbolizes the victory of light over darkness. Celebrated joyously all over the country, it is also a festival of wealth and prosperity.
But is it true that Diwali creates sparkle in everyone's life? NO, rightly No, when we are competing with neighnours in having more decoration , more crackers etc, we fail that some of our "neighbours" are still struggling for food. For them Diwali or no diwali , day remains the same.
Last week I just read an interview with A NRI CEO who is heading brook bond brand of tea in England. He rightly pointed out that with exception of TATA , business houses in India are doing little towards social sector in comparision to their western counterparts. He said that TATAs are their competitor in business but inspiration in social sector.he is planning charity work on a big scale soon in India.
Now the bigger question is - how should rich behave in a poor country?
Last week two newsitems are noteworthy:four Indian CEOs made it to the Forbes list of 10 wealthiest CEOs of the world and second one: naxals in Jharkhand beheaded a Police officers and some 200 naxals attacked Police station in Jharkhand. These two events should make us to think something beyond normal. It is a fact that almost half of India lives on less then 40 Rs a day!
One of our cabinet minister has suggested that CEOs should not take 'vulgar' salary. True many rich Indians indeed believe in vulgar display of wealth and arrogance during festival times and also during marriage time.And when poor are no more content with their Godgiven poorness they resort to violence in form of naxals.
Growing eliticism is not good for this country. It is duty of riches of this country to empower the poors by creating space for their growth. They should part with their fortune for this purpose.Meagre charity will not work. What needed is empowerment work on a large scale.
Otherwise 'India' and 'Bharat' will remain on collision path.
2 comments:
HOW THE RICH SHOULD BEHAVE IN A POOR COUNTRY?WELL,PRIMARILY THEY SHOULDNOT THINK ANYONE AS INFERIOR PERSON JUST BECAUSE OF HIS POVERTY.APOOR PERSON CAN HAVE TALENT,HUMANITY N EVEN CONFIDENCE IF HE IS HARDWORKING.SECONDLY RICH PERSONS SHOULD TRY TO INSPIRE OTHERS TOWARDS SUCCESS N ALSO HELP AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. VULGAR DISPLAY OF WEALTH MAY GIVE WRONG SIGNAL TO A POOR PERSON N HE MAY THINK OF INDULGING IN ILLEGAL ACTS TO GET MONEY.SO,IMPORTANCE OF RIGHTLY EARNED MONEY SHOULD BE SHOWCASED TO STEER POOR TOWARDS PATH OF HARDWORK N OPTIMISM.
While there is nothing wrong in enjoying ones own well earned wealth, care should must be taken by rich persons that there siaplay of wealth should not make poor feel that they belong to lesser God. every one has some social responsibilty and to empower poor to develop some skill in order to gain wealth is one of the most important social responsibilty of every rich oerson.
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