Thank you, that was very interesting.
It seems to me these people are paying in sanity what they can't pay in money - and the price they're paying is arguably higher than what the rich are paying, not even considering the physical health effects.
I'm interested in your calling it 'paying in sanity.' Are you referring to the insanity of believing in Bengali babus, or the fact that they're preserving their own sanity in some way by not going to a real doctor for things they know they can't afford?
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