How noble intentions are abused because of selfish and self-fulfilling motives of others is reflected in this story (it’s fiction inspired from a real life incident):
There was a small village with a close community where everyone knew each other for generations. Rajanna was head of one of the village's richest family. Radaiya and Rasaiya were heads of two other families who were poor and depended on Rajanna for their survival. Both these families had a debt of around ten thousand rupees from Rajanna and had not been able to return it in time. Everyone in the village knew about their debts. Both these families had one son each who were now old enough to start earning. Both families sent these boys to the city, in order to earn and save some money to return the debt.
One year, Rajanna had a noble idea in his mind. He thought that he already had all the money he or his family could ever enjoy and hence he should waive the debt of his debtors. He decided to waive the debt of Radaiya that year. Radaiya was very happy hearing this and in his happiness he disclosed the good news to whole of the village. Everyone praised Rajanna's generosity and Radaiya expressed his humble gratefulness for this gesture of kindness. But with passage of time, people's empathy turned into ridicule. Now people ridiculed Radaiya and his sons for not being able to return the debt by themselves. The family tolerated everything with patience.
Next year, Rajanna decided to waive the debt of Rasaiya too and hence he informed him about his decision. Rasaiya was very happy knowing this and came back to his home to disclose this good news to all. Rasaiya's wife was a very clever lady. She saw it as an opportunity. She made her son return back from the city and once he was in the village, she called many of his neighbourhood and declared, "Look how responsible and successful my son is. In merely two years, my son has returned from the city with enough money to return the entire debt of Rajanna." Everyone was surprised at the news and started praising Rasaiya, his wife and his son.
No one knows how people would respond to news and events in a village. Positive news may receive caustic sarcasm and at times some hypothetic gossips may be invented to swing negative events too. This time, people started criticizing Rajanna for not waiving the debt of Rasaiya; as he had done with Radaiya. They said that because of their efforts Rasaiya deserved the waiver more than Radaiya.
After some time, the rumour reached the ears of Rajanna and his family too. They confirmed the news from multiple sources and once being sure, they noted that it was a disturbing thing that had happened. If it continued to become a trend, good people would be criticised and evil people and cheaters would get the respect in the society.
Rajanna, therefore, called a public meeting and disclosed what had actually happened. Rasaiya was asked to defend his case but he didn't open his mouth. And ashamed, he couldn't see Rajanna in the eye.
Many times, our noble intentions are abused by selfish designs of others. And because of that, many times people are discouraged to do such noble acts again. For example, what if you gave a fifty rupees note to a beggar, who in turn purchased a bottle of wine for himself? Will not you take a vow not to help a beggar like that again? Also, such evil people spread their cheatings by inspiring others to do the same. If their designs are not exposed, many others would also take similar paths towards meeting selfish ends.
If life and this world is a war between evil and goodness - Ravana and Ram – then it is Ravana who is at advantage from all counts...
- Rahul
There was a small village with a close community where everyone knew each other for generations. Rajanna was head of one of the village's richest family. Radaiya and Rasaiya were heads of two other families who were poor and depended on Rajanna for their survival. Both these families had a debt of around ten thousand rupees from Rajanna and had not been able to return it in time. Everyone in the village knew about their debts. Both these families had one son each who were now old enough to start earning. Both families sent these boys to the city, in order to earn and save some money to return the debt.
One year, Rajanna had a noble idea in his mind. He thought that he already had all the money he or his family could ever enjoy and hence he should waive the debt of his debtors. He decided to waive the debt of Radaiya that year. Radaiya was very happy hearing this and in his happiness he disclosed the good news to whole of the village. Everyone praised Rajanna's generosity and Radaiya expressed his humble gratefulness for this gesture of kindness. But with passage of time, people's empathy turned into ridicule. Now people ridiculed Radaiya and his sons for not being able to return the debt by themselves. The family tolerated everything with patience.
Next year, Rajanna decided to waive the debt of Rasaiya too and hence he informed him about his decision. Rasaiya was very happy knowing this and came back to his home to disclose this good news to all. Rasaiya's wife was a very clever lady. She saw it as an opportunity. She made her son return back from the city and once he was in the village, she called many of his neighbourhood and declared, "Look how responsible and successful my son is. In merely two years, my son has returned from the city with enough money to return the entire debt of Rajanna." Everyone was surprised at the news and started praising Rasaiya, his wife and his son.
No one knows how people would respond to news and events in a village. Positive news may receive caustic sarcasm and at times some hypothetic gossips may be invented to swing negative events too. This time, people started criticizing Rajanna for not waiving the debt of Rasaiya; as he had done with Radaiya. They said that because of their efforts Rasaiya deserved the waiver more than Radaiya.
After some time, the rumour reached the ears of Rajanna and his family too. They confirmed the news from multiple sources and once being sure, they noted that it was a disturbing thing that had happened. If it continued to become a trend, good people would be criticised and evil people and cheaters would get the respect in the society.
Rajanna, therefore, called a public meeting and disclosed what had actually happened. Rasaiya was asked to defend his case but he didn't open his mouth. And ashamed, he couldn't see Rajanna in the eye.
Many times, our noble intentions are abused by selfish designs of others. And because of that, many times people are discouraged to do such noble acts again. For example, what if you gave a fifty rupees note to a beggar, who in turn purchased a bottle of wine for himself? Will not you take a vow not to help a beggar like that again? Also, such evil people spread their cheatings by inspiring others to do the same. If their designs are not exposed, many others would also take similar paths towards meeting selfish ends.
If life and this world is a war between evil and goodness - Ravana and Ram – then it is Ravana who is at advantage from all counts...
- Rahul
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