If there is one thing that Bollywood has taught us, it is that you should not waste money that could instead go to prayer. For example, you should not bathe Shiva Linga with milk. That is stupid. Use the milk to feed the poor. Use the money for something else. Like watching a Bollywood movie. Wait… that’s not right. Well, one liter of milk cost less than 50 rupees. But a movie ticket in a good cinema costs a minimum of Rs. 300. I am sure we can do a lot of good in Rs. 300.

Shahrukh Khan’s new movie FAN is going to be released tomorrow. And as expected, the price of the tickets are at least Rs. 300.

Here are five good things you can use the money for:

1) Buy 2 hungry children a meal each at McDonalds

I come from a poor family. Till I got a job, going and eating at McDonalds was a luxury I could not have. I know how good it would have made me feel if someone had taken me to McDonalds and got me a happy meal.

Well, there are millions of hungry children in India waiting for you. Take 2 of them to McDonalds. Get them 1 happy meal each. You would still have some spare change left when you are done. Maybe buy them a cadbury each.

2) Buy a Sari for a poor woman

If you move through a slum or through the streets, you will see so many poor women who are wearing torn clothes. They live their lives wearing clothes they have had for years. I remember wearing torn clothes and I was not living at extreme poverty. Think of those who lived at extreme levels of poverty and still do.

Go and buy a Sari for such a poor woman. Let her have a moment she will cherish for a long time. If you cheap out on the Sari, you can buy 2 at least and can make 2 poor women happy. If you were thinking of taking a date with it, you can use that money to get saris for 4 women. Think of the good you can do.

3) Send the money to PM relief fund

Prime minister relief fund is used to relieve people in times of disaster. And for a country as large as India, disaster strikes in some corner or the other frequently. The people suffering from the disaster need that money. If you were going together with someone and hoping to buy some food in the theater, you could easily have spent 1000 rupees there. Put that to better use.

And hey, it is tax-deductible.

4) Pay tuition fee of poor children

In poor areas, with 300-500 rupees, you can sponsor the education of a poor child for at least a month or two. You give the poor child the gift of education for a month instead of watching a crappy movie for 2 hours. And as Bollywood keeps telling us… we ought to stop wasting movie as India is very poor.

5) Pay for medicine of the poor

Many poor do not have enough money to buy medicine. Go near a government hospital. See if some very poor man needs your help. There would definitely be a lot such men, women and children. Sponsor the cost of the medicine of one of them up to your spending limit. With 300-500 rupees, you should be able to help at least 4-5 people.

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