I happened to read an article about the past of this great man. It astonished me so much that I could not digest those facts. The person am talking about is the great Periyar, a freedom fighter and the one who got rid of Untouchability in South India.
When Periyar's only kid died due to illness, he could not concentrate on anything. As a result he started making lot of mistakes. Since he was handling his family business, the mistakes hurt his father's finances. Enraged, he first slapped Periyar infront of everyone. Next time his father spat on his face infront of the people who worked for him.
Periyar decided to leave the place forever.He left his hometown and took a train which was heading towards Kasi. He was talking to 4 or 5 people in the train and on reaching Kasi they all headed towards a mutt as they were all hungry.The people in the mutt restricted Periyar from entering their Premises as he was not a Brahmin.While the others were enjoying food in the mutt, Periyar was starving on the streets of Kasi. He could not fight hunger for a long time and soon he yielded to it. And How?
Periyar saw the remains of the food outside the mutt in the dumps(Kuppai thotti in Tamil) and he ate that to satisfy his hunger. The same day he shaved his head, moushtache, beard and becuase of his fair skin he looked like a Brahmin.He went to another mutt and they let him in as he looked like a Brahmin. Soon they found him out and he was thrown away. He somehow managed to comeback to his native as he could not fight off hunger.
It was quite surprising that an icon like Periyar, ate the remains from a dust bin to satiate himself. It was the need for food which made a great person like Periyar do such acts. Think that you are blessed by God to be previlaged to afford 3 meal a day.Do keep in mind that many don't have that previlage.
Dont skip having food!!
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