India, Oct. 21 -- Among the many deeds of Saint Kuriakose Chavara Elias, a reformist priest in many ways, one initiative stands out. He lived at a time when education remained unreachable for the poor and marginalized. The priest realised that so long as a square meal was out-of-the-way for poor children, it was meaningless to talk about their education. He introduced the concept of rice gruel at noon (many decades before governments thought of mid-day meal in schools) in schools to the poverty-stricken children. This was just one of the umpteen examples of his service to the poor, the illiterate and the destitute which was the hallmark of his life. His life was centred on the belief that "days on which you have not rendered any good to oth...