In USofA:
USA has the concept of social security. So be it old age or handicap, you never have to worry about making ends meet.
In India:
If you are disabled, some people will feel for you and praise greatly even any menial tasks that you may do. It is as if you are respected for your disability. But you can't approach anyone for social security; you have to earn your own livelihood. Or you may choose to be dependent on your family, much to the discomfort of both of you, but shrug away the thought of it being a discomfort; you both prefer to call it love instead.
Why doesn't India have the social security thing? If we do go for such a system, parents needn't depend on children for security in old age, disabled persons can live a much better life on their own, and I see India to be in a much better shape than what it is today. When will we start?
EDIT: Just came to know from my cousin, Krishnanand Dada, that the SS fund is slowly going bankrupt because more people are taking out money than those putting in. He says that it might so happen that there would be no more SS system in another 30 years. Maybe India has too many dependents for the system to be implemented as it is here. We need a differently planned out system to be implemented in India.
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US, being a developed nation, has much more funds, re. Also, population is smaller. India, with its HUGE population, of which, several are below poverty line, will definitely find it impossible to have a SS system. Maybe things like a definite employment scheme , where able bodied youth are at least ensured of some job, is a better idea.
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