India, Nov. 17 -- When a sadhu refuses to acknowledge a temple built on tears, Rabindranath Tagore's Deeno Daan becomes a moral mirror for our times. From Pope Leo XIV's reminder-"If you lack charity, you rob your neighbour of hope"-to Mother Teresa's map of hidden poverty, St Francis' embrace of Lady Poverty, and Gandhi's loincloth as a quiet revolt against imperial arrogance, we, readers and believers alike, are all challenged: Can worship be true if it ignores suffering? Can we see God in the poor, in solidarity?

A Sadhu's Refusal and a King's Awakening The King stood proud before his new temple. But when he invited the revered sadhu to bless the shrine, the holy man declined. His gentle voice cut deep: "There is no god in that temple...