It's all about MONEY, Honey!
Those crisp green 100 Re. bills crackle in my ears and I am ready to sell my soul! Money, the creater, the sustainer and the DESTROYER........As I was walking down the road the other day, I saw a young man very able looking, no handicaps at all.....standing at the side of the road and beg....I did not feel pity...anger instead...His limbs were better and more sinewy than mine....he was perfectly capable of performing simple tasks like delivering paper or milk or even selling peanuts on the roadside .....My blood boiled and I walked over to him and asked him why he begged..."It's all for the money, honey"....he said....I was shocked and explained all that he could do instead of stooping down to the level of begging....He smiled an arrogant smile and said...." I make Rs. 30 a day....enough to buy me three square meals....I have no-one to take care of...no rent to pay...People take pity on me and sometimes give me old clothes.....that fat man who just passed by and dropped 50p into my begging bowl did not so much as glance at my face......neither would he ever want to.....it made him feel good to give me the money...it made him feel generous....I am actually doing everyone a favour by letting them feel good about themselves...he earns by going to an office...I earn by sitting on the road......!"...It took me quiet a while to digest all that the beggar had said....my first few emotions were that of resentment....what impudence...what impertinence...Why did I even bother????...but then I guess what he said was true....very true....In the end ...it all boils down to money.....Relationships don't count....Love does not count.....and neither do emotions as in the case of me and the beggar.....I know I am sounding an old hag while writing all this and I seem to be painting a very grim picture...but i think this is the universal truth that stares us right in the face from the day we are born.....
When the child is a girl, the first and foremost thought of the parents is about the dowry that would have to be paid when the girl gets married........the worry lines on the forehead of a girl's father grow exponentially as the day of the 18th birthday looms large on the horizon.....And the quicker the wedding the better.....so they would at least have the time to pay back the monstrous sum of money borrowed from all possible sources....SEE??? it's a tarazoo...with money on one side and the girl on another......
If it's a boy...hmmm...now that's all together a different ball game.....I know a friend whose parents are spending oodles of money on his education with the hope that they can recover that and more through his bride...the more educated the groom, the more is his Net Asset Value in the Marriage market.....If it is a foren ka dulha....then his mother would be the queen of the ceremony...demanding heaven and earth.....and the bride's father left with just his undies to call his own after the wedding....But they think it's all worth it....there daughter is sent into a 'GOOD' home...what is hidden under this kashmere shawl is the ugly truth that what was demanded was an kashmere shawl instead of a small piece of linen that would have sufficed to tie the knot and take the 'saat phere' ......
What about friends??? One thing I firmly believe is that no matter which frat you belong to and no matter how close you are as frat brothers or sisters....keep money out of friendship because it tends to complicate things.....In fact keep money out of anything and everything...Money has it's own space and we should learn not to encroach that.....so don't try to show your love and affection for anyone in terms of money...'coz you will end up hurting the relationship and the entities in the relationship.....
Money should be respected and we should acknowledge the fact that it is more than just powerful...I know it's not the do all and end all...but I know for sure that it can prompt people to do things that can end EVERYTHING!
posted by still searching.... @ 9:51 AM
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So what's the big deal..... U need money 'n u need it for everything... It is the greens that make the world go round.... be it friendship, love or any other relationship. Jut take money out.... there'll be very few relationships that survive!!! You just need to balance money and your relationships or whatever... u just can't and should not keep it out!
Great to see a comment from you....but sad to see that it was a frivolous one....the essence is that money is very powerful and we should not take it for granted or use it as symbol to express our emotions....it did not say anything about leaving money out!Money is integrated into our lives...but it would be stupid to make Money our life....
n that's precisely what I said....what's wrong with money being our life? nothin at all!!! If money is important then it all means everything in life....period
If money is made life then a poor man does not live a life at all....??? a man who loses all money does not kill himself ...he just gears up..to make more money....money is a major reason...but not the only one
lazy mother&^%$*# is wat i can say...stupeeed..shoot him i say..dats wat im gonna do wen im retired..hunt these assholes like bounty hunters...;)
but dude....give em a break too...look at it from his ppoint of view...u and I sweat it for 40 yrs. to earn money...and then settle down to lead a life of leisure....he is already leading one so why bother?
Nice blog.. stumbled on it just by chance. But, why should money be all the more powerful? i sincerely believe it's ONLY a medium of exchange... I see money as a play tool to either make more of it or ruin what you have. However, once you get to make the choice better you be responsible for the outcome.
and hey AG, how many instances have you come across where you have had fun with friends who don't have a single penny to part? greens don't make the world go round.. the world already does on its own.
Do drop in sometime on mine too.
U guys just wanna say the politically correct things...m being practical! Tmrw wen it comes between mny n sumthing "real" important as u mention it.... ull most often choose money!
@saint> Stop abusing in a nice thread ... hv a meaningful discussn or get lost! u'll realize this when ur faced wid crucial situations wen money comes tops!
@curly> have been wid lotta ppl...mny or nt ... bt as i said above ... most often mny does and will come in between ... n ull choose money over everythng! Think 'bout it .... just a thght!
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hi, found abt ur blog from orkut. i read a quote somewhere from someone...
"When i was a kid, i thought money was everything. Now when i m old, i know it is."
As per money in friendship is concerned... my personal funda is... never lend any amount to ur friend that u can not forget about or else it will be derogatory to ur frndship.
hi all..have been outta touch with blogging the last few days....but now am back...to make myself clear...i think tachyon has explain in few words very succintly what i want to say...never lend money or borrow money and expect either of the parties to forget about it....even your closest friends...coz it leaves a sour aftretaste.....and its not worth losing a friend over money....
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