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AMAR VANI
Disparity
Royal banquets are being held on one side and on the other a large section of the poor humanity is not getting even a grain to eat. You have, on the one hand, rarest silken garments with gold and silver embroidery on them, and on the other the poor do not have even a strap to wear. There are palatial marble buildings on one side and on the other mud hutments without roofs over them. It is this disparity which is consuming away the strength and peace, honour and prestige of the country. Now money has become the centre of all art, culture and civilization. The voice of humanity has been completely stified. All that matters is a pocket tinkling with silver and brass coins. The voice of religion and humanity has been drowned in the tinkling sound of gold and silver. This state of affairs has to be changed. We will have to pull down money from its present sovereign position. The present capitalistic system is a huge boa which is swallowing away not only the food and clothes but also the religion and morality of the poor. If you want to feed the hungry and give them their due, you will have to pull out the poisonous fangs of this boa of capitalism, The Curse of Acquisition
You see on the one side poor laburers working hard day and night, in heat and cold and yet they do not get even two square meals a day. They have to sileep on the hard bare ground under the roof of the sky.
On the other side, there are capitalists who heartlessly exploit the poor, even suck their blood and live on luxuries feeding on rarest dishes and sleeping on cushioned beds.
This is the curse of the race for acquisition. Until w are able to check it, we can never have permanent peac and happiness in the world.
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