Battle of Good Vs Bad - Autorikshaw Driver Vs Ranbaxy, IPL

Seems more bad news for Ranbaxy.

Source - Business Standard

http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/after-us-india-to-probe-ranbaxy-s-documents-113052101067_1.html

Source - Deccan Herald

Brought from Chhattisgarh just like the teenagers from West Bengal, Kashyap eventually became a bonded labourer, along with 20 more from his state and another group from West Bengal, working for a contractor hired by the Army Welfare Housing Organisation.

They were rescued, but there are many more in the City who remain helpless.
Suman Kumar (supervisor) says: “I have been in Bangalore for three years now and the biggest problem labourers face is the living conditions. With almost no accommodation affordable, they are forced to live in labour colonies, which are generally filthy, making them prone to diseases.”

Classic case of corrupt govt officials leaving these laborers to the mercy of private builders turning out to be sharks.

SB,

The intent of post is not to paint poor being good and running down the rich. It is about to show the nature of human being which comes in different stripes and shades. We tend to bracket people with our prejudices and specially if the talk is about reforms, private enterprise, corporate honchos, our first impression about them is honest, sincere and trustworthy. Whereas if the talk is about poor, middle class, government officials, generally our impression of them is vulnerable, voting for cash, corrupt and less than honest etc. The news items at least debunks that theory and demonstrates that good exists in all classes and so as bad.

A vast majority of people are honest and look forward to honest dealings/earnings. There are very miniscule minority that has made the whole system corrupt and forces even the honest one's to corrupt practices. There are few who stand up to the truth and some even pay for it. If it had not been for those honest bureaucrats and individuals, none of the scams would have come out.

Here is another fine example of good people who prefer doing good while they could have made monetary fortune out of the opportunity.

Source - Deccan Herald

"...He could have earned Rs 10 crore by selling his piece of land but decided to give it for free. At a time when land owners in Sanand -- the place synonymous with the Tata’s Nano factory-- were selling their land at triple the market rate, Hussain Momin bucked the prevailing trend.

Momin, who owned 1,200 sq yard plot in this area, had it in mind that he has to give it back to society. A self-made man, he did not think twice to build a hospital for the needy around his village on the plot of land that belonged to his forefathers. The hospital is named Adarsh Hospital. It is a multi-speciality hospital that opened its door to the patients at Telav village near Sanand on the outskirts of Ahmedabad..."

In reality, Mr. Momin has invested in such an endeavor that can only increase, doesn't get decreased and this deal is called "Sadaqa Jaariya" in Arabic, meaning charity in perpetuity.

A vast country like India is full of such examples and a vast majority remains invisible. Here is another story of a village boy who runs a school for other children. He is catering to nearly 800 students.

Source - BBC

"...At 16 years old, Babar Ali must be the youngest headmaster in the world. He's a teenager who is in charge of teaching hundreds of students in his family's backyard, where he runs classes for poor children from his village..."

"...At four o'clock every afternoon after Babar Ali gets back to his family home a bell summons children to his house. They flood through the gate into the yard behind his house, where Babar Ali now acts as headmaster of his own, unofficial school. Lined up in his back yard the children sing the national anthem. Standing on a podium, Babar Ali lectures them about discipline, then study begins....."

"...Now his afternoon school has 800 students, all from poor families, all taught for free. Most of the girls come here after working, like Chumki, as domestic helps in the village, and the boys after they have finished their day's work labouring in the fields..."

SB, the post in not about socialism or capitalism, it is about human nature, Honest, considerate Vs dishonest, greedy. It can be anybody poor or rich, Hindu or Muslim, educated or illiterate, male or female. It can be anybody, it is that simple.