Poor mindset

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Re: Poor mindset

@TLK

I was listening to an Indian song on the internet and Hero/Heroine were singing about their wish of having ‘Chota sa ghar ho apna’, and I was thinking that if they are wishing, why is that they are not washing for a palace. I mean a wish is not costing you anything, so at least wish for something better.

This mindset is unfortunately very common in our culture, in our poetry, in our movies. We find pride in poverty. We associate having a humble life style with being virtuous. In fact I was watching Khabar Naak this morning and they were talking about Poets thinking that working to earn money is below dignity.

Why do we have such a poor mindset? Why do we think that being rich means being evil?

An otherwise thing is, the very same people would not even wish to live such life. They fantasize it only, don’t take it seriously.