Beggary in India- Lack of support or reluctance?

Most children in our country grow up being conditioned to a particular lesson imparted by the protective sphere of elders in their life — “Never beg for something that doesn't belong to you". But what if this extremely important lesson contradicts the very basis of your livelihood? What if your moral instincts guide you to politely, repeatedly, and most sincerely ‘ ask ' for that ‘ something ' to feed little mouths waiting at your home? Is it then justified? The answer is NO. In this land of countless enigmatic paradoxes, you can most certainly beg for forgiveness but you can absolutely not beg for Money. And why is it so? Because here, in the 21st century, you either earn money through intense hardwork, maybe sheer smart work or you embezzle it. But you simply cannot beg for it without pledging a collateral or return. That leaves us with a behemoth problem in a nation already struggling with a booming population- The problem of Beggary . According to the Minister of ...