beggars

A man walks past a beggar every day and gives him Rs. 10 and that Continues for a year. Then suddenly the daily donation changes to Rs. 7, 50. "Well," the beggar thinks, "it's still better than nothing ." A year passes in this way until the man's daily donation suddenly becomes Rs. 5...

They are everywhere in this metropolis - at traffic signals, peering into taxi windows, bedraggled, haggard and breaking into a sudden smile when a few coins are dropped into their palms. And it is these coins, given perhaps out of exasperation or a momentary flash of pity that add up to...