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Krishna: A Beyond Boundary Bonding

Krishna, one of the many Gods we Hindus worship is also our most famous God internationally. Krishna also has huge international fan following or devotees. What makes him so special? Well, as per my opinion, following can be some of the reasons: 1. Krishna’s whole life, since birth till the very end has many fascinating, interesting stories and achievements. He is loved equally by all age group, genders and intellectual capacity people. My children have always celebrated Janmashtmi with more excitement than any other festival.  2. Krishna’s life is full of challenges and he kept challenging the orthodox wisdom of those times emphatically and above all conquered over them successfully. 3. Krishna’s methods and approaches are yet debatable by some but results were guaranteed. One may not truly understand or comprehend his methodology but his intentions are beyond any doubts. Krishna also attracts people because of his unpredictability yet predictability of results. A rule bende...

Which files do you maintain?

I watched a movie, Last Castle, which is based on a true story of a special prison for soldiers. Yes, the movie was fascinating and I liked it.   One dialogue of the warden triggered an idea, which I would like to share with you. He said, “Whenever I start becoming a little emotional or lenient towards any inmate, I immediately take out his file in which his history & description of crime is written. That reading helps me to maintain my balance and ruthlessness.” Well, as a warden to a prison where prisoners, who have committed heinous crimes, you are supposed to maintain a certain protocol to ensure discipline. That warden character in the movie commits extreme brutalities in order to punish the inmates for their crimes. I would like to leave it to experts to comment on it, whether this thinking or style of a prison warden is justified or not. I am not capable enough to comment on such complicated issues. There was a marine who had served 10 years as a fantastic soldier bu...

Money invariably finds its way back to same pockets

  Out of total 2755 total billionaires worldwide 86% are richer than they were a year ago with $5 trillion increase in wealth in 2020. One person’s loss is another person’s gain. You have heard, I know. Would you be surprised if I tell you that the ‘one’ person who loses and the ‘other’ person who gains are generally the same? People who were poor before pandemic are still poor and people who were wealthy have become wealthier. Wealth might shift from one wealthy person to another but it remains in the same pool. Funny, isn’t it? Jezz Bezos lost his No.1 richest man’s title recently to Bernanrd Arnault. In the most recent article (2/8/21) Katherine Wiles has stated that the French Tycoon Bernard Arnault has claimed the No.1 spot of the ultra-wealthy from Jeff Bezos whose net worth tumbled by $13.9 billion in one day due to less-than-anticipated second quarter growth. We assumed that a global pandemic and economic recession would set the luxury goods market back a bit, but Arn...