The 'policy of truth'

[its a real life story of a man who is alive but probably lost, my effort here is to keep the spirit alive.]
In 2004 a large earthquake in Indonesia shook the waters inArabian sea and created a wave front thousands of km long and hundred feet high, it was called the Tsunami. The Indian government and the state worked on relief efforts. Some rich businessmen and movie stars donated money to rebuild of what was left behind by the waves.
The family of the dead (which where mostly fishermen) were given 5 lakh rupees {converts to close to 10 thousand dollars as compensation money} This may seem a small amount for developed world but due to very high purchasing power it is quiet a sum in India.
So what happened was a poor fisherman was in the town that fateful day and his Young son close to 15 yrs was at the sea for the fishing trip. With no good warning system the tsunami struck and close to 18,000 died in India and relief efforts started. Lots of useful help came in from various countries and things got started fast. People were given the 5 lakh rupees for each dead in the family so did the fisherman receive. He spent a week or so in refugee shelter home while the waters receded and the home was built again. His efforts to find the body of the son was in wane and nothing could be done . Anybody missing for 1 week was assumed to be dead.
He still in shock was not ready to use the money on anything. Days passed by; news was filled with reports of corruption in the relief aid process, in total he was lucky to get his stipulated amount .There was a fight between the state and central government regarding the executive powers to use the relief money provided by various organisations like world bank , UN , and various governments in the world. All officials wanted to get their hands on the money the intention was purely to advertise well and spend 50% and keep the rest to pay for their personal comfort.
The fisherman was definitely not interested in all that he had bigger things to worry about besides missing his son, which was the only one he had. He had lots of plans for his son's education, family life and all but all was over for him. He was thinking of what to do with the money . Some of his friends used it to get the house built and bought vehicles and boats . A clever business man would know that his competitors had lost their boats and resources and family it was a good time to gear up and dominate the market. Most of the people around had many children and loosing one or a few was not bad and to be mean was a little good as the fittest had survived and there where lesser to feed.
One fine day about 3 weeks later the fisherman was thinking trying to find a rational reason for his sorrows and weighing his sins and good deeds trying to find the flaws he had made. He saw his son standing in from of him he was hurt , weak but there he was. He had been carried by the wave much to the north and had been treated at a small local relief camp. He had no idea that he was ever going to see his father some day . The son as expected had lost his relief money to some administrative bureaucrats and received nothing.
The family reunion was thrilling. the son got better in a few days and the family of two was complete again , normal life had started in most of the areas . The son was eager to work and started to rebuild the damaged house. They worked together to rebuild the boat which was their lively hood. The son went to his dad to to ask for the relief money so that they could get few more essentials. All their savings had finished off, for a person earning 500Rs a good fishing day it was not too difficult to imagine that the savings where not too much an amount anyway(converts to about 10 dollars).
The father was coming from the temple it was the same place where he had taken refuge during the flood times. Typically the temples in India are the highest structures and are often built on the highest hillock making it the safest refuge during floods and rains.
The answer he got from his dad was something that he shall remember for rest of his life, and is something that the corrupt administrators of the country would never understand. The fisherman had returned the money to the relief agency because his son was alive.
The story of honesty to oneself was lost in between the news about Soccer world cup , Madonna's new son and , Britney's addictions ,and Angelina's new tatoo.