From March 30..
You are fully grounded? authentic? honest?
This morning I woke up to chai and biscuits within 5 minutes of waking up, a fresh omelete after my shower, and soon after a driver outside to drive me to visit IDE India. Yes, you’re right this is not Boston-it’s New Delhi. But this got me thinking about the role of the socially minded elite. We sit in AC cars and visit poverty reduction organizations, we give money to create nonprofits and foundations in our name but do we even give 20 Rs to the woman on the street who we pass everyday? This is the dichotomy of India, so rich and so poor.
I feel if I want to serve the poor, I need to understand how they live. But I live a totally different life. I have been fortunate to have middle class family in Delhi. This really struck me staying in my Masi’s home. We see and we aid, but what are we really doing?
thought you’d like this given this post:
http://rahulbrown.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/the-development-set-by-ross-coggins/