My dear fellow Tam-Brahms (perhaps even all the Hindus),
I am deeply moved by your compassion towards animals (read
cows) and birds (read crows), especially during festivals. Your treatment of
cows as equal to Gods and crows as equal to your ancestors and your sincerity
in feeding them prior to even the inmates of your home is something astonishing
and I respect that.
But I would like to request you, very humbly indeed, to provide
the same handful of rice that you feed the crows and cows with to certain
less-fortunate beings of your own species. They might not have been mentioned with the same significance as crows and cows in the revered Hindu mythology but they also do walk and live on this same
planet.
So, the next time an auspicious occasion falls, feed the
crows and feed the cows. But also do walk a few extra steps and feed the hungry old
man sitting at the end of your street.
After all, unlike from the crow and cow, you might get a
grateful smile in return.
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