Water Was Free for Any Stranger | Bangkok
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0:00A: No questions asked, water would always be given, whether it’s a beggar or a rich person. At least in my home country, the country of my origin, in India, for example. And somebody touched about -- on culture earlier, for example. I still remember when I was a child, it was every day there’d be 3 or 4 people that would come to the gate. I was raised by my grandmother for a few years in a small town in India. Every day there’d be people from all walks of life in the summer knocking on the door. They don’t know us, asking for water. No questions asked, water would always be given, whether it’s a beggar or a rich person. Water used to be a public good. It used to be -- in a country like India, no discussion. Somebody asks for water, that may not be somebody that you socialize with, could be a beggar, different religion, doesn’t matter. Hmm. There used to be a clay pot with water just for those requests, and there was no discussion. You would take water out of the well and you would take extra and keep it. Anybody who asks, go ahead.
