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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=350771" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Who is a beggar and who is not</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Take your coin, I am no beggar</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In our country<br>Beggars are less uncommon<br>They are there anywhere<br>Except<br>Cemeteries<br>Burial ground and<br>Cremation yard<br>They beg you so pathetically<br>That you are forced to dropp a coin<br>Pavements invariably<br>Irrespective of the city<br>House beggars<br>You can make out them<br>By the way they look<br>Women beg<br>Pointing to us the little child<br>They carry on their waist<br>Old ladies too beg<br>And they station themselves<br>Against you in your path<br>Making it difficult for you<br>To step ahead further<br>While you are on a wait<br>Either bus stop<br>Rail station<br>Park or beach<br>Some one or the other appear before you<br>Begging<br>Truly speaking<br>It hurts me to turn away someone<br>Asking for alms<br>Without getting them something<br>Some hold the view<br>That they need not help beggars<br>As they are not the one<br>Who made beggars beg<br>Begging should be discouraged<br>And to do that<br>Beggars should not be helped<br>Is some others’ view point<br>I am not quite sure<br>Whether to help beggars or not<br>I normally dropp a coin of least denomination<br>In the begging bowl or in the opened up palms of a beggar<br>Provided I have the coin<br>If I do not have a coin to part with<br>Or if I do not have the mind to help<br>I muster the strength <br>To tell the beggar<br>That I have no changes to spare<br>This morning<br>I was rushing to the office<br>After getting down from the bus<br>I saw a middle aged male<br>Who was rolling down on the tar topped road<br>Sitting on roller-fixed wooden plank<br>Pushing with the help of has hands<br>It appeared he had no legs<br>I decided to help him with a coin<br>As I got nearer <br>I came to understand that he was polio affected<br>Both his legs becoming non functional<br>Of late, thin and feeble<br>I ran my hand through my left pant pocket<br>Got hold of a coin of a better denomination<br>Than the one I normally prefer to drop<br>Stood by his side<br>As he was enjoying a puff of a lighted cigarette <br>On his lips<br>He did not lift his face<br>Having waited for some seconds<br>I decided to dropp that coin<br>I did the same<br>And started going towards office<br>I heard the rolling of wheels<br>When I looked back<br>The person on the wheel-fixed plank<br>Pointed his right index finger<br>Towards the dropped coin<br>About four metres on the backside <br>And said curtly<br>Take your coin<br>I am no beggar<br>As I reached the spot<br>And picked up the coin<br>I felt too small of me<br>And in fact, beg for the knowledge<br>As to know<br>Who is a beggar and who is not</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Bashyam+Narayanan">Bashyam Narayanan</a><div class=q>
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In our country
Beggars are less uncommon
They are there anywhere
Except
Cemeteries
Burial ground and
Cremation yard
They beg you so pathetically
That you are forced to dropp a coin
Pavements invariably
Irrespective ..."></div>
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