Here is a list of things - material or otherwise which - I take for granted but which are out of reach for the majority of India's population. To be very frank, compiling this list scared me.
Needless to say, by no stretch of imagination is this list comprehensive.
Ghee with every meal
Fruits
Electricity and all its associated comforts
Plumbing and a decent toilet
The ability to purchase new clothes whenever the urge hits me
The ability to dial a pizza whenever the urge hits me. (Pizza ? The poor don't even have access to 2 chappattis a day)
Telephone
Services of a doctor
A private vehicle
Internet/Computer
Television
Domestic help
The very thought that 600 million Indians are not able to afford even one of the above mentioned things is sad. Whether we are able to do anything to alleviate their lot is a different matter. We should at least be aware that there exists a world outside our little cocoonish life - a world that's dreary, miserable and wretched.
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