In this couplet, the poet Akbar Allahabadi, expresses his sorrow about the commercialisation of food and education and its consequent impact on the society. He laments that family traditions and culture which once shaped the child's upbringing are being eclipsed by the market and government.

Indian attitude or response towards Western medicine is one of the important aspects which have been dealt considerably in a substantial body of writings, the ‘maladies, preventives and curatives’ of medicine, both in its ‘western’ and ‘indigenous’ forms. R.C. Majumdar, in concurrence with other nationalist historians held that the Indian medicine was outweight due to ‘the greater importance attached to western medicine introduced in this country during the British rule’. Brahmanand Gupta's more contemporary account from the 1970s shows the step-motherly attitude of the colonial regime towards indigenous medical system. After much opposition, when it was incorporated into the system of medical training it remained a very junior partner. Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya points out that by characterizing indigenous medicine as ‘mythological’, the British tried to maintain control over Indians and Indian society. D. Banerji claims that colonial influence was far worse than mere neglect, involving in fact the destruction of Indian culture and tradition and existing health practices.