A scene that every signal and every city of India will see in uniformity are those 60 seconds of red light and a lady carrying a toddler knocking on your window. Once you roll down the glasses you can see the starving symptoms of both of them - frail, feeble and almost passing out. most of the time the baby becomes of the center of attraction and a tenner comes out.

This December in Bhutan there sat this battered begger outside a temple - I think it would be the fertility temple in Punakha.

While the normal gesture of donation sprang into force and specially when the act of charity gets the better of you in a religious premise you dont hold yourself back. The guide was strict, he forbade us from the alms and proclaiming a proud Bhutanese heritage and the cause for being the number one country in GNH. " we dont beg and not allow people to" thats what he said with the sense of pride beaming.

No where across the world will you see a family begging on the signals, temples, stations.

We are going global and the most talked about economy in the world.

There are projects and works that are getting noticed in world forums.

This, is an organised activity - I dont think any human would naturally resort to begging, that self respect keeps its base in every human soul. Lets channelise - create jobs and force them to live a life.

As Odisha has shown - you dont waive off farming loans - you make them capable enough to repay.