Civilizations can’t be called advanced while millions remain forgotten, excluded, hungry, unheard,  underprivileged, and marginalized. This contradiction becomes even more urgent when we recognize that material progress has not translated into moral proximity or shared dignity.The deepest paradox of contemporary age is that humanity has traversed space, explored the mysteries of cosmos, made miraculous marvels in genetics, advanced technologies, and accumulated wealth but still  we fail to guarantee countless people the dignity of basic amenities such food, shelter, clean water, education, and healthcare. We are accustomed to the culture of forgetting our share towards poor. The tragedy is that societies have gradually learned to live without disturbing the conscience. 

The statistics of the poor is visible in papers yet invisible in systems.They are highly remembered during elections, disasters, public speeches but forgotten  otherwise. This gap between visibility and inclusion reveals that poverty is not only economic but also relational and political in nature.Against this moral blindness, sacred wisdom traditions have repeatedly warned us and emphasized reciprocity with community and nature. All the traditions of the world converge on one truth that, a society loses its soul when wealth grows while compassion dwindles.The Hebrew prophets condemned those “who trample upon the needy.” Islamic teachings warned that unchecked greed hardens the heart. Islamic ethics institutionalized social obligation; Christian liberation theology emphasized solidarity with the oppressed; Buddhist compassion emphasized liberation from suffering; Hindu and Jain tradition emphasized daan and compassion; Sikh traditions cultivated seva and communal........

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