In India, Wealth Means Passing Without Studying – Just Copying!

 

In India, Wealth Means Passing Without Studying – Just Copying!

Poverty and Wealth in India: A Social Reflection

In our country, wealth often means passing without studying — by copying. Of course, there are exceptions to every rule, so the honest and hardworking few need not feel offended.

In this world, only those deserve to be rich who work hard through ethical and constructive means, and whose efforts contribute to the progress of the nation and the welfare of humanity. Likewise, only those deserve to remain poor who are lazy, avoid hard work, or use their labor in ways that harm society and humanity.

In India, a huge number of people become rich through dishonest and corrupt means. In contrast, very few attain wealth through honesty and ethics. Let us look at some examples:

• Despite receiving heavy salaries and allowances, most public representatives — from village heads to ministers — take huge commissions and indulge in corruption to become rich.
• Many government officials, though well paid, accept bribes and grow wealthy through corruption.
• Many doctors think not about curing the patient honestly but about how to extract more money from them — another corrupt form of wealth.
• Most industrialists exploit contract laborers with meager wages while amassing profits — becoming rich on the blood and sweat of the poor.
• Traders and middlemen buy farm produce at cheap prices from farmers and sell it at high rates, earning through exploitation.
• In the justice system, many officers, lawyers, and police personnel extort money unethically from both complainants and defendants, becoming rich through corruption.
• Many teachers do not teach sincerely in classrooms but run private coaching classes for extra income — another corrupt route to wealth.

The Inequality Between Intellectual and Physical Labor

In our country, intellectual work is given high respect, while physical labor is looked down upon. Under the banner of “mental work,” many earn large incomes without doing much real effort.

On the other hand, those who perform hard physical labor — the workers, farmers, and daily earners — struggle endlessly yet remain poor. The world runs on their toil, yet they receive minimal wages and are treated as inferior. This inhuman system is deeply unjust — and it is the true root of poverty.

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✍️ Arun Ramchandra Pangarkar
Founder, Shramik Kranti Mission: Voice of the Poor