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Pockets Full of Love
Actively working to
bring happiness to
other people can
give you immense
satisfaction. Of these,
there can be nothing
better than the work
of selfless charity, by
yourself or through
organizations. There
are many among the
Sikh community who
spare 10 per cent of their
earnings—known as
daswand—as a sort of
contribution to social
causes or to help the
needy. Kudos to the
writer of this article.
—M. S. Ishar, Mohali

It is so great that crowd-
funding has taken off
in our country for
charitable causes.
Solicitations for funds
are regularly sent to
donors who, out of love
and concern for the
cause, donate willingly.
Some givers have iden-
tified organizations that
are doing good work in
the field of child rights,
education, health care,
eldercare and shelter
for the homeless. The
only concern is that the

money collected should
be spent on the poor and
needy and not squan-
dered in administrative
costs and publicity.
—D. B. N. Murthy,
Bengaluru

The Cop With a
Golden Heart
Recently, the entire
nation was shocked
and angered at law
enforcers after wit-
nessing police bruta-
lity against the hapless
students of Jamia Mil-
lia Islamia University
and Aligarh Muslim
University. However, the
compassion shown by
Dharam Veer Jakhar,
a police constable in
Rajasthan, towards
orphan children gives
us reason to pause
and rethink. The school
Jakhar has created—
Apni Pathsala—offers
not only education
but also shelter, food,
uniforms and study
materials for free to
around 450 poor
children. Despite the
financial burdens he
faces, Jakhar gives us
hope that not everyone
in the police force is a

brute—there are
some good Samari-
tans among them too.
—Tharcius S.
Fernando, Chennai

Winning at Life
Life is a game that must
be played—the author
of this story, Viney Kirpal,
not only played well
by choosing life while
fighting back bouts of
a dreaded disease and
certain death, but also
by sharing her story with
all of us in the hope of
inspiring courage and
resilience. Every cancer
patient must follow
her advice: “Face it. Fi-
nish it! And you will win.”
—M. V. Apparao,
Hyderabad

A CORRECTION
The December issue er-
roneously cited one of the
crowdfunding websites
as Ketto.com (‘Pockets
Full of Love’). It should
have read Ketto.org. The
error is regretted.—EDs

14 february 2020

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