Probably insane....or, not?

A thin, malnourished, subtle and weak rickshaw puller.....in the simmering heat of Indian April....sweating..heaving...pulling his rickshaw with a weight of 70 Kgs..turns and says

'babu jii....hum chori kyun hi karegein...chori hi karni hoti toh ye rickshaw kyun chalate....aapse 10 rupee jyaada le legein...ya 20..isse jyaada kya hi legein...nahi babu jii...aap jo teek samjhe vo de dijiyega..'

The words struck hard. Kya baat sirf 10 rupee ki thi??? nahi...baat thi 'chori ki'. The rickshaw puller was clear on what was rightfully his and what was not. How many of us are?

Does knowledge means garnering wisdom....satiating greed...pacifying lust? If it had been...then how was this guy who was practically an illiterate, so calm and content?

Then how do I see around people so rich with feet sunk in gold...degrees so huge and power dripping from their soul running around coughing people to snatch more and more of their wealth...robbing the less deprived of necessities to indulge in luxuries and exuberance.

Sometimes a few literal words that we just casually hear have a deep concealed inferential sense....and they do question our values and scruples...however, the big question is that how long can this fragile, wicked and self-fulfilling human prophesy stop us from accepting what righteously is 'the truth.'