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Sharing is good. Share to reduce the resources scarcity.

Life in some way, always provide us with the tentative answers to resolve some of the most troubling problems of our times- The resources scarcity. One feels sad to see that some people have abundant resources at their disposal whereas some people barely have resources to meet their daily requirements. The divide between the rich and poor is growing steadfast, even when the policy makers and societal strivers are trying hard to come up with rather humble schemes to uplift the deprived sections of the society. 

Have we ever pondered over as to why this divide is growing. The answer to this question lies into the very way of how we consume our own resources. This thought penetrated into my mind, while i was taking an un-announced class at the NGO where i am working as a volunteer teacher. 

So, let me narrate the proceedings of the class that made me left thinking about this resource crunch issue faced our own society. 

I always plan my classes in advance. I read through the chapters thoroughly, consult the teachers and then select & design a suitable activity for the session. Since i want the concept to get across, I ensure that resources are simple, easy to use and enable children to think intuitively about the concept as they explore. Also as i want children to completely participate in the process of discovery and derive utmost joy of learning, i request them to keep some basic resources/supplies always handy with them. This is about my planning for the class ...but that day was an exception. 

Unannounced i walked into the class and began teaching them. The topic was making basic shapes using matchsticks. To make the class more engaging, the children had to first listen to the clue, guess and make the shape basis their guesses. We were almost set to do the activity when we just realised that we don't have enough GLUE in the class to carry out this activity. Further, to add to our misery, i realised that we just have a BOTTLE OF GLUE. What do we do now? i asked the children. A child sitting in far corner of the room shouted , "Miss...miss, why don't you give little DROP of GLUE to each one of us?". Listening to the child, I instantly got sparkles in my eyes. It was as if somebody had just showed me LIGHT amidst no hopes. The child was so right in his thinking. We can just share and resolve this GLUE SCARCITY faced by the class. So, i gave some droplets (or blob) of GLUE to all the children and the class successfully completed this activity. Honestly, GLUE true to its nature, bonded us as one UNIT. 

After the class got over, i started introspecting about the inequitable distribution of resources between the rich and poor. Some people have more, some less and some practically nothing. What if we can share the resources such that everyone has just enough? Can redistribution or sharing of resources reduce the gap between the rich and poor? What means or mechanism we can deploy, so that resources can get shared and reaches the people in need? How can we make a richer, a little less rich and a poorer, a little less poor? Do think about it?