Perfecting Youth

Author(s): Udayvallabhvijay
Publisher: Samkit Yuvak Mandal

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heard someone calling them. The restaurant owner was not happy for the food leftover. Feeling that they were really being too busybody, they said, 'We have paid for what we ordered, that's it.'
The restaurant authority got furious. They immediately called up to someone. After a while, a man in uniform claiming to be an officer from the social security organization arrived. Knowing about the dispute point, he issued a 50 Mark fine to the customers. They paid the fine, apologised repeatedly to the officer and when they were departing the officer told them in a stern voice, 'Order what you can consume, money is yours, resources belong to the society. There are many around us who are facing acute shortage of resources. Waste is violence.'
Does this prick the heart?
The resource waste, backed up by the proportional waste of labour, time and is indicative of the self centered consumption pattern.
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Any consumption, void of concern for the resource waste or other people's suffering is a reflection of first of the six friends taking Jamuns.
Note here, that when food is wasted, natural resources and human labour go wasted subsequently. Also, take into
account the time and money wasted into growing that food. For example, it takes about 1,000 litres of water to produce one litre of milk. After reading this consciously, can you spillover even a cupful of milk. In other words, left over each morsel is a mockery of hunger!
The Supreme Court of India had asked the Indian Government, to distribute food grains to the hungry and poor of the country. Now, this is something what the higher authority
has to do.
What can an Individual do?
1. Take an initiative to avoid unnecessary lavish show-offs.
2. Don't waste even a single morsel: A famous prevalent tradition among Jains of cleaning the dish Thaali dhoine peevathi Aayambil nu punya male che' concept is truly advisable. 3. Go for the optimum utility; Khakhraas is a famous breakfast snack especially in Gujarati families. This is 'best out of waste' as usually excess or unconsumed rotis are made into Khakhraas. Similarly, the excess of cooked rice is turned into Vagharela Bhaat! (Fried rice)
4. Give an access to the excess; If anything is in excess at home don't just throw it out. Make sure it reaches up to an empty stomach the same day. Viral
PERFECTING YOUTH