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Friday, 27 March 2009

Perspective

Perspective

Came across this brilliant piece by Subroto Bagchi of Mindtree, entitled "The Fallen Tomato Cart":

A person known to me had responded as under:

"Since this guy Subroto Bagchi must have stopped his car and spoken to the tomato seller to get his story, I hope he gave the seller Rs.100 at an interest of 2.75 paise for the day. Rs.100 would not have constituted a big amount or risk for him sitting in his car and he need not have suffered so much angst over the incident."

My take on a practical note - Yes, we do overemphasise OUR risks, and downplay that of the rest of the world.

On a macro note - Go back to the Gita - Try to practice "Stitha Pragnya" (I hope that the English spelling does justice to the original Sanskrit word) - The nearest translation that comes to my mind is "Equanimity".

Regards,

N


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