<i>Let the poor smile </i>
Every Eid brings two types of feelings. The people who are well to do enjoy Eid in a truly festive mood. Preparation for the Eid goes on for a long time. On the other hand a gloomy, dismal situation is seen in the huts of the poor who pass their days throughout the year half fed/unfed. This situation made one of the philanthropists (a retired chairman of a sector corporation) of our village to do something for the poor that would make them enjoy Eid with rich foods like others in the village and thus making them feel that Eid comes to their doors also. With that idea in mind, the above-mentioned benevolent man came in to help the poor of our village, Balia, Hajigonj, on Eid day. The first step was collecting the numbers and names of the poor families of the village and then making packets containing shemai, sugar, milk, fine rice, mugdal, oil and in separate packets saree & lungi. These packets were distributed among the people listed earlier. Holding the packets they went home smiling. Readers, now imagine how the world will be changed if we could follow that man.
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