While on my commute to office today morning, I was listening to a song from "Mi Vasantrao", the lavni song. The scene came to my mind:
Vasantrao and PL Deshpande go to the old Lavni singer's hut. She sings for them. Vasantrao is quite touched by her singing and although he himself was poor, he takes out whatever money he had in his pocket and gives it to her. She then asks him to sing for her, and he sings equally well, after which she returns him that same money, along with some of her own.
Now, when I thought of this today morning, it got me thinking - entertaining someone is probably the best thing you can do for them. Life can get anything from dull and boring (in the best worst case) to pretty miserable and painful (in the worst worst case). Providing someone a moment of happiness, maybe making them laugh, making them excited, making them thrilled, or awed...is extremely valuable. A small island in this vast ocean of suffering that life is. This service, should never be free.
When I say that being entertained should never be free, I am not putting the responsibility of putting a price of entertainment on the entertainer. No. Rather, the entertainee should feel a internal obligation to reimburse the entertainer fairly. One should have a natural urge that compels them to pay their entertainer what they are due.
If you see a joke that makes you laugh, you ought to pay for it. If you see a good movie that made your lifted your spirits, you ought to pay for it. Someone's company makes you feel better, you ought to pay for it (this kind of payment can and often is done in the form of reciprocation)
Bottom line, entertainment should never be free.
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