How One Simple Tweet Is Inspiring Internet Users across India To Be More Generous

Many of us who encounter children in tattered clothes begging at traffic signals and busy intersections in big cities, often look the other way. We are afraid any money we give may be used by an alcoholic father, or to buy drugs, or simply be taken away by the person who sent them to beg in the first place. And although we would love to buy them a meal, we are often to busy to get down from our cars to do so.

Visha Suchde, who stocks numerous packets of Parle G biscuits in her car to give to impoverished children, tweeted this picture on social media and received an overwhelming response.

This always stays in my car. So no one that comes knocking at my window, goes back empty handed pic.twitter.com/aLpNNZBNc1

— V (@vishasuchde) September 28, 2016

The tweet inspired around 3,000 netizens on Twitter to appreciate her thoughtful gesture and other people shared their individual experiences of doing the same:

https://twitter.com/_NAN_DINI/status/781055049262731266

https://twitter.com/pervinsanghvi/status/781035985769553920

https://twitter.com/vishwarajjadeja/status/780997643996696576

https://twitter.com/Gayatri__J/status/781014975909330944

Great I keep cream biscuits coz of one incident where I gave a small girl cream one and she was so happy that can't be expressed in words.. https://t.co/lNVKH52I8M

— 🇮🇳 Rajnissh Soodd 🇮🇳 (@Rajnissh_Soodd_) September 28, 2016

I keep them for street dogs 🐶& they feel good & bless me for it. 👋

— Sandeep Modi 💙 (@sandeepmodi_in) September 28, 2016

Her generosity also moved other people to emulate this act of kindness :

Thank you, great idea. I will follow with stocking lots of seasonal fruits before I hit the highway next time.

— Pramod (@ppathak_) September 28, 2016

Thts wonderful gesture. I too will follow it now. Car to nahi hai par Backpack mein rakkhungi 😊 https://t.co/xGx3zlgMVd

— GARIMA (@gsgarima36) September 28, 2016

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