India: Haves and the Tomatoes

Gawker has a run-in with a tomato seller on the streets, and after their interaction, reflects -
“I feel the vapid selfish glow of satisfaction people from a privileged background like me usually feel, when they bestow an act of charity on someone less fortunate in order to assuage the biting guilt they experience for living a life that is so vastly different from theirs.”

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