Generosity and magnanimity have brought human beings and all living beings thus far. When I was hungry, you gave me to it - declare Scriptures of different cultures. "The Tamil kolam is anchored in the Hindu belief that householders have a karmic obligation to 'feed a thousand souls.' By creating the kolam with rice flour, a woman provides food for birds, rodents, ants, and other tiny life forms - greeting each day with a ritual of generosity, that blesses both the household, and the greater community" - Gayathri Ramachandran