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Is It Fair to Refuse Help Because of Social Differences During Difficult Times?:
Does suffering know who is greater or lesser? Are there really higher and lower levels of human worth? If so, how should they be measured?
I began thinking about these questions after an incident that happened in my village.
Behind our house lives a Brahmin family. Since childhood, I have been very close to them. I love them dearly, and they have always shown me great affection.
They allow me to sit on their bed, offer me snacks and treat me like a member of their family.
I call them Aunty Ji and Uncle Ji and I address their sons as my elder brothers.
One day, a tractor unloaded a large amount of mud on their street. The next day it rained heavily.
Since the mud had not been leveled properly, the road became uneven, with bumps and pits everywhere, making it very slippery.
That morning, Uncle Ji , who is about seventy-five years old, was returning home after offering food to Hanuman. At the same time, I was walking toward their house.
As he walked on the slippery mud, he suddenly lost his balance and almost fell.
Instinctively, I rushed forward to hold him. But he immediately told me not to touch him and…
