Let me recount a story from my school textbook. ‘Haar ki Jeet’, the story of a virtuous Sadhu, Baba Bharati and a dreaded robber, Kharag Singh.

Baba rode a prized stead called Sultan, which was coveted by Kharag Singh. Kharag Singh disguises himself as an old, handicapped man and places himself on a lonely patch of road. Gesturing for help, he stops Baba Bharati and robs him of the horse. Before handing over Sultan, Baba makes a strange request to Kharag Singh: Never disclose to anyone that you robbed me disguised as an old, handicapped man seeking help. A perplexed Kharag Singh is reformed when he hears Baba’s reason for the request: “Warnaa logon kaa duniya main doosron se bharosa uth jayega (Because people will stop trusting other people).”