Mr. Joga Ram, 28 years old, joined Loyola College, Bina, a small town in Madhya-Pradesh, as an attender in 1981. He is married and has three children. His salary, inclusive of all allowances, is just Rs. 425 per men sum as he posted in a non-grant-in-aid job. His salary is less than the statutory minimum wage and it is not sufficient even to meet the bare necessities. He does not have any other source of income.
Mr. Joga Ram’s self-actualization need is to be respected as the best actor in the town. He spends nights in practicing the action. He also spends major part of his salary for organizing dramas. He mobilizes funds from the lecturers of the college and the elite of the town to organize functions. These functions include inauguration of his cultural organization and his own felicitation by the prominent public servants. But his wife complains to the principal of the college about his activities and inadequacy of the salary even to meet the bare necessities of their family.
Questions:
1) What is the peculiar situation in this case?
2) To what extent is Maslow’s theory applicable to Mr. Joga Ram?