People spend a lot of money in celebrating birthdays, weddings and anniversaries. But what they do not realise is that the same money they spend in inviting Tom, Dick and Harry or Amar, Akbar, Anthony , can be spent in feeding the underprivileged children of our country. India is a poor country and we all know that. Eighty percent of the people living in our nation do not even get a morsel of food to eat. They have to rely on dustbins to pick up bits of food, most of them spoilt in order to fill their stomachs. I do not celebrate my birthday every year on March 21. I donate the same money to a charitable institution where it is used for a good cause. I have told my daughter the same thing who is thinking about getting married soon. Instead of inviting guests who will eat, drink and then parcel the remaining food home its better to donate the entire amount to a charitable institution where the underprivileged children will at least have a smile on their faces and give you your blessings.
– Jubel D’Cruz
(The views expressed by the author in the article are his/her own.)
