Bootpolishboys.com
Just a couple of months ago I was in India. While having my shoes shined, I heard the shoeshine boy say that he, and hundreds of other shoeshine boys in India, are compiling a database of all their customers.



Last man, turn off the tap
Access to water was, and is, central to the perpetuation of caste hierarchies through rituals governing purity and pollution. The well in a village was more than a source of water, it defined social status.



Talking to a true Sevak
In ancient India, the concept of seva, of service to others, was very predominant. It was then felt that the very action of forgetting oneself and giving one's work towards the welfare of one's brothers and sisters was one of the most powerful tools to the realisation of the inner self.



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