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we are all way too happy and lost in our own indulgences. Not caring about the pain and distress our brothers go through in this insane asylum of worldly pleasures. Let us not blame the darkness lets light a candle.

recently i was reading Arundathi roys’s “An ordinary persons guide to The EMPIRE”. I were actually stunned by the fluency and flow of language. The brutality with which she presents the empire infront of the audience is stunning. It time and again hits the point. To quote randomly see her verses below
“So this - all this - is Empire. This loyal confederation, this obscene accumulation of power, this greatly increased distance between those who make the decisions and theose who have to suffer them.”

These essays were written in 2004, yet draw such a vividly true picture of the days to come. The suffering that we all have to go through!. we are all way too happy and lost in our own indulgences. Not caring about the pain and distress our brothers go through in this insane asylum of worlds empire.

Ofcourse she leaves some traces of hope with our fight against the empire and how?. She says: enpower the poor to make their own decisions!.

It was almost at the same time (as i was reading this book) that the nobel peace prize was awarded to younis (a bangaldeshi micro financer), and i think eureka! i have found it.

Microfinance is the answer!
I did some deatailed search on the net about this, Younis and the grameen bank model. Surprsingly the more i thought about it and the more i read about i was feeling sure! yes! provide the poor with some money on no gurantee. and thats it. By doing this you have already accomplished the empowerment of the poor. like guy from grameen bank says: contrary to public opinion, the poor doesnt need anybody’s help nor do they needs to be spoon fed!. the only thing that they lack is money!. They are no less enterprising than any of us(i mean the rich). provide them easy money and they will start growing with them the chain will also grow.

Theres always an other side to any coin!.(like i once heard.. communism would never succeed, because it is against the the human ego!) yes! any bussiness model that is not generating profit for its own sustenance and growth will die (naturally!! a quick death!) . and when i read about the microfinance model - i didnt read any thing about its sustainability or profit, but much to my surprise when i checked the grameen bank’s profit&loss sheet, it showed profit!. and that too about 60 million from a small country like bangladesh!

i slept a good sleep thinking what my country would be if this model is implemented in india with all that large number of people under the poverty line…

i dremt of an india were everyone is rich! and were there are no Naredra modi’s hanging above the head of my muslim brothers!

Shantaram is about an australian in exile, who escapes to India or rather Bombay. this is a real story from author Gregory David Roberts. He comes to india with his forged passport. Makes friends in India. Slowly he starts to love India and Mumbai. he learns Hindi and Marathi. Works as a doctor in zoppdapatti slum in Bombay. A tryst one of the sex racket takes him to the jail. He returns to join the Bombay mafia, and establishes good relations with the gang member and don.

He goes to Afghanistan with the gang members. and losses a lot of the gang members there - including the Don himself. The most striking factor about this book is that it hits a style of narration and never lets go of it. the real like narration adds to the beauty of the book. spread over 950 pages - reading this book is quite a task. but for the beauty, impartial understanding and acceptance by the author. Most foreigners find it very difficult to understand the Indian mind-set. but the author is at ease. mostly because of the openness of his mind and readiness to accept. He appreciates it all. he starts to fall in love with this country from the very sight.

yes! I Absolutely loved this book.