A Revealing Conversation
In a world taken over by the materialistic and consumerist ideals and lifestyle, a breath of minimalistic ideal is hard to find. A survey conducted in our VEL-700 class strikingly showed that most of the individuals, in the classroom, wished to earn manyfolds more than they could potentially spend. The activity aptly displayed the aspired materialistic lifestyle. To get a better context to our results, I ventured into the streets to meet with people from the lower economic strata, and asked them their monthly income, struggles and most importantly their way of being happy, if at all; given the dearth of money. To my surprise the experience was enlightening as well as humbling to some extent. “ Mujhe ab paise nahi chaiye…” Jay Kumar Yadav, a short-statured person, dressed in a shabby blue shirt, with a dust trodden trouser clung to his loins says, “ All of my life’s objectives are complete, I just work to stay healthy, and I love to interact with people.” Yadav ji looked well past his p...
