ON POVERTY

Poverty is vividly described in this verse. Every morning opens with the blighting thought of the struggle for existence that must again be faced.

I managed to survive yesterday. Has another day begun and must I go through it again?  These are the words of the unfortunate man to whom the new day means going again through the dreaded trials of yesterday. Nirappu is extreme poverty.

Even truth gets depreciated in value by reason of indigence. The exposition of truth coming from the mouth of the needy man carries no weight and proves ineffective.

A mother's love is the one thing that can be expected to stand unaffected by the exigencies of fortune. Even this is likely to grow lukewarm when the son is a poor man.

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