''The Only place where poverty should be is in museums''

I saw this quote written on my older brother's t-shirt as he visited us during the December holidays. At first I was like what is this guy Yunus on about, until I gave it a little extra thought and research.

He believes in a world that is poverty free, in which the only place you can see this poverty is in the museums. Where school children would see it as something of the past, and how much misery and hardships it brought about to humans.

Although the world is working towards eradicating such a problem, it seems like it's taking quite some time. I sometimes think it's something that is impossible to deal with.

But humanity was able to thwart the efforts of colonialism, remove the shackles of slavery and end the injustices of apartheid. All three are something of the past - things you find in a museum. If that's the case for the above mentioned, then there's hope to free the millions living in poverty today.