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HUNT THE WINTER - Why Give Away Blankets…Is it worth it ???

Ever since the onset of winter Abhayans have been busy distributing free blankets to destitute and abandoned people on the roads. They have rummaged their neighborhood in search of needy people in the dead of night and provided them much needed relief by way of these blankets. Most of them were women, children and barely mobile senior citizens. It is a noble deed beyond doubt to most citizens. However like every good deed some people view even this with certain amount of suspicion or contempt. Through this blog I want to address this particular section of our audience. Few statements that we get to hear once in a while are like “Why give free blankets. Why not teach them how to earn a blanket”, “Who knows whether they really need them. If they don’t need them they might actually sell it to someone else as second hand”, “They are probably habituated living like that”.             Very valid questions indeed. And like any vibrant rational society we should be q