A project that makes affordable medicine available to India’s destitute is helping them avoid bills that might otherwise push them into destitutionA taciturn (Inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation),heavy-set man, Khawar Khan is not given to smiling. Only when he recalls the relief flooding the faces of customers after he has sold medicines at a twentieth of the cost in other chemists does he smile broadly. “An autorickshaw wallah broke down here. Medicines for his wife used to cost him a catastrophic 10000 (£111) rupees a month, or his entire monthly salary. I gave him a month’s supply for 2200 rupees. His relief was something to see,” says Khan.
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Source: theguardian.com