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Value of 400 Rupees

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Other day I was purchasing vegetables in the local market. It was too hot. I saw one middle aged lady with sunglasses on her eyes, she was wearing a skirt which was trying to cover half of her legs and one dog was with her. She was bargaining for 2-3 rupees with vegetable vendor.  It was amusing, the lady must be feeding atleast 200 rupees food to that dog. But she is not ready to spend extra 2 rupees to that vendor. 2 rupees  means a lot to that vendor but not to a lady.  Few days back in the morning I opened the freeze to take some milk for tea. I saw a vegetable is somewhat rotten. I took it and about to throw in the bin. My maid asked me, “Bhaiya mai use ghar le jaun?” I did not have words to anwer and I was literally ashamed. Many times it happen the sweet we bring to home and after 5-6 days if nobody is eating then we give to maid. Are they born to eat a waste thrown by people like us? At a larger level, do we deserve all the riches what we have around us? Is it just