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Give a man a fish to eat and you cripple him for life...

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will have food on his plate for a lifetime. A saying which we were taught in school but seem to have forgotten like all the other good and simple things we learnt. Handing them is easy. Educating someone is tough. Just look around to see the mad rush to equip children, adults, nations etc. with things which add no value to improve their current state of affairs or growth but since   "we"   deem it desirable/important we still go ahead and provide it. Not stopping to think and contemplate once about its consequences ~ good or bad. The current ambitious and I would say populist "Food Security Bill" is the latest in the line. We don't work towards generating avenues and opportunities for education/job to earn a living but are willing to dole out free food for the empty plates. Once you become used to being served things without having to lift your finger, in no time you will stop making a