It is not enough to have a good intention, if it is carried out by wrong means; for means dictate the ends.
There is no such thing as a secret in human affairs; it is merely hidden until discovered, for what is there in the human consciousness, yours or mine, lies hidden and it is only a matter of time - one day or one millennium - before it gets out.
Uncle Sharma says that the church in Mettuguda is a haven for a syndicate of beggars. He says one can see on a morning a person in western clothes comes to the church on a scooter, changes into shabby unkempt clothing and walks out to the streets to beg. In the evening the man returns, changes back into decent clothes and heads back on his scooter to where he came from. Uncle also says that there would be a leader who controls and organizes the people for begging on the streets. If the assigned person could not fetch the target amount, he or she would be in for a corporeal punishment which ranges from thrashing to mutilation. Next time when you drop a coin in the begging bowl or the beseeching palms, drop a prayer for the agonizing soul.
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