Today I would like to share with you some different kind of food for thought.
These are three different incidents with a common theme.
I would love to know your reactions and thoughts.
1. This morning I read that a beggar died somewhere in Tamil Nadu. From his personal belongings was recovered money to the tune of Rs 1 crore, 86 lacs, and a few more thousands. He, it is said died of shock after knowing about demonetisation.
2. After reading about this incident, TNN my husband recalled that sometime in the year 1955, a beggar who was a permanent resident under the Railway bridge near the GPO at Kashmiri Gate was found dead one day. When the MCD came to remove his body, from his belongings was found a quilt inside which Rupee notes had been stitched. The total money found in the quilt was approximately Rs. 26,000. In 1955 that was a very huge amount of money.
3. The third incident is of the year 1977. TNN was travelling by bus from Chandigarh to Delhi. On the way there was a stop of the bus at Ambala, where a young boy boarded the bus. He was selling combs. The boy took a round of the bus, approached all the passengers and left the bus without selling a single comb. Soon after that a beggar climbed the bus and set about his business of begging. Almost twenty passengers on the bus gave him money in varying denominations.
