Thursday, January 27, 2011
PAISA VASOOL aka HOW TO GET YOUR MONEYS WORTH
PAISA VASOOL aka HOW TO GET YOUR MONEYS WORTH
PAISA VASOOL
HOW TO GET YOUR MONEY'S WORTH
Do you agree? Please comment and let us know your views.
PAISA VASOOL
HOW TO GET YOUR MONEY'S WORTH
By
VIKRAM KARVE
VIKRAM KARVE
I look around me and wonder why so many people continue to cling on endlessly to suffocating unharmonious relationships, unrewarding careers, harmful activities, unhealthy habits and all sorts of infructuous, incompatible, negative, deteriorating, dissipating and dead-end situations in life.
Why don't we just let go of all these detrimental things and move on in life...?
Maybe the answers lies in this apocryphal story I heard long back, whose inner meaning has had a profound positive effect in formulating my philosophy of life:
Maybe the answers lies in this apocryphal story I heard long back, whose inner meaning has had a profound positive effect in formulating my philosophy of life:
On his first visit to India, a rich merchant saw a man selling a small green fruit which he had never seen before. The merchant was hungry and the luscious green fruit looked so fresh and appetizing and the merchant was tempted and curious so he asked the vendor, “What is this...?”
“Hirvee Mirchi. Chillies, fresh green chillies,” said the hawker.
The merchant held out a gold coin and the vendor was so overjoyed that he gave the merchant the full basket of chillies.
The merchant sat down under a tree and stared to munch the chillies.
Within a few seconds his tongue was on fire, his mouth burning and tears streamed down his cheeks.
But despite this discomfort, the merchant went on eating the chillies, chewing them one by one, scrutinizing each chilli carefully before he put the piquant hot green chilli into his burning mouth.
Seeing his condition, a passerby remarked, “What’s wrong with you...? Why don’t you stop eating those spicy hot chillies... ? ”
“Maybe out of all these chillies there is one that is sweet,” the merchant answered, “I am waiting for the sweet chilli.”
And the merchant continued eating the chillies.
On his way back, the passerby noticed that the merchant’s condition had become miserable, his face red with agony and copious tears pouring out of his burning eyes.
But the merchant kept on eating the chillies, in his search for the ‘sweet one’.
“Stop at once, or you will die,” the passerby shouted. “There are no sweet chillies... Haven’t you realized that...? Look at the basket – it is almost empty. And have you found even one sweet chilli yet...? ”
“I cannot stop until I eat all the chillies. I have to finish the whole basketful,” the merchant croaked in agony, “I have paid for the full basket and I will make sure I get my full money’s worth – my full paisa vasool -- now I am not eating chillies, I am eating my money...”
Dear Reader:
Read this story once more, reflect on it, and apply it to your life.
Don’t we cling on to ungratifying things and uncongenial people even when our inner voice tells us to let go and move on in life. Sometimes, a relationship is so demoralized by distrust that it is better to terminate and put an end to the relationship and break up rather than make futile attempts to patch up and continue searching in vain and pain for the elusive "sweet chilli".
We know some things are not good for us and we should let go of these things, but we continue to persist, at first hoping to find ‘sweet one’ and even when we discover that there is no ‘sweet chilli’, we still continue to shackle ourselves to painful people, harmful habits, negative careers and detrimental things just for paisa vasool to ‘get our money’s worth’ when we should let go, move on and liberate ourselves and be happy. Remember there is no sweet chilli, so don't cling to painful relationships and harmful things in vain hope of discovering a "sweet chilli" - sometimes it is better not to cling but to let go.
I wonder why we try to paisa vasool everything in our lives, even the harmful aspects that deserve to be let go immediately?
Do you agree? Please comment and let us know your views.
VIKRAM KARVE
Copyright © Vikram Karve 2010
Vikram Karve has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of this work.
And if you are interested in reading about Green Chilli Ice Cream do read my foodie book Appetite for a Stroll
VIKRAM KARVE educated at IIT Delhi, ITBHU, Lawrence School Lovedale, and Bishop's School Pune, is an Electronics and Communications Engineer by profession, a Human Resource Manager and Trainer by occupation, a Teacher by vocation, a Creative Writer by inclination and a Foodie by passion. An avid blogger, he has written a number of fiction short stories and creative non-fiction articles in magazines and journals for many years before the advent of blogging. His delicious foodie blogs have been compiled in a book "Appetite for a Stroll". Vikram lives in Pune with his family and pet Doberman girl Sherry, with whom he takes long walks thinking creative thoughts.
Vikram Karve Creative Writing Blog: http://vikramkarve.sulekha.com/blog/posts.htm
Academic and Creative Writing Journal Vikram Karve – http://karvediat.blogspot.com
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Email: vikramkarve@sify.com
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
SELF IMPROVEMENT PHILOSOPHY
SELF IMPROVEMENT PHILOSOPHY
This morning, while clearing up my old diaries, I came across a quote by Christian D Larsen that I had jotted down.
I want to share this wonderful philosophy of life with you:
Spend so much time improving yourself that you have no time left to criticize others.
Well, I think I am subconsciously already following this philosophy of life and I think it applies to blogging too.
Keep Blogging.
Vikram Karve
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Academic and Creative Writing Journal Vikram Karve: Kuch Toh Log Kahenge Logon Ka Kaam Hai Kehna
Do you succumb to peer pressure?
Do you seek approval of others?
Are you a victim of THE DISEASE TO PLEASE?
Then click the link below and read this:
Academic and Creative Writing Journal Vikram Karve: Kuch Toh Log Kahenge Logon Ka Kaam Hai Kehna
Do you seek approval of others?
Are you a victim of THE DISEASE TO PLEASE?
Then click the link below and read this:
Academic and Creative Writing Journal Vikram Karve: Kuch Toh Log Kahenge Logon Ka Kaam Hai Kehna
Kuch Toh Log Kahenge Logon Ka Kaam Hai Kehna
The Log Kya Kahenge Syndrome
THE DISEASE TO PLEASE
A Mulla Nasrudin Story
By
VIKRAM KARVE
As long as you live your life in such a way that your happiness is dependent upon things you cannot control, you will be a puppet in the hands of external circumstances and entities.
Similarly, if you are obsessed with seeking approval of others and always worried about pleasing others and your actions are guided by what other people would say (The LOG KYA KAHENGE syndrome) it looks like you may be falling victim to The Disease to Please and it is high time you read this Mulla Nasrudin Story.
Mulla Nasrudin and his son were travelling with their donkey.
Nasrudin preferred to walk while his son sat on the donkey.
Soon they passed a group of bystanders, and one of them scoffed, “Look at that selfish boy. The hale-and–hearty young son is riding on the donkey while his poor old father is forced to walk alongside. What disgraceful behaviour? And it is so disrespectful. What a horrible and spoiled child!”
Mulla Nasrudin and his son felt so embarrassed by these comments that they quickly switched places.
Now Mulla Nasrudin rode on the donkey while his son walked.
Soon they passed another group of people. “Oh, just look at that, what detestable behaviour!” one of them exclaimed pointing to Mulla Nasrudin. “That poor young boy has to walk while his shameless father rides the donkey! That horrible man should be ashamed of himself for the way he is treating his son. What a heartless father! It is appalling!”
Nasrudin was extremely upset to hear this. He wanted to avoid anybody else’s scorn, so decided that both he and his son ride the donkey at the same time and asked his son to sit along with him on the donkey.
As they both rode on the donkey, they passed another group of people. “That man and his son are so cruel,” one bystander said. “Just look at how they are forcing that poor donkey to bear the weight of two people. They have no consideration for the poor mute animal. Cruel merciless scoundrels, that’s what they are!”
Nasrudin heard this and told his son, “I guess the only way we can avoid the criticism of others is to both walk.”
“I suppose you are right,” the son replied.
So they got off the donkey and started walking on foot.
But as they passed another group of people, they heard them laughing. “Ha, ha, ha,” the group jeered. “Look at those two fools. They are so stupid that both of them are walking under this scorching hot sun and neither of them is riding the donkey…! Have you ever seen such stupid idiots…? What morons…!”
Whatever Mulla Nasrudin and his son did someone or the other found fault and made fun of them... the criticism and comments of people continued forever, iterating and reiterating, and in the end the exasperated Mulla Nasrudin and his son were finally seen carrying the donkey on their heads…and everyone was laughing at them…!
So, Dear Reader, the next time you are overcome by the disease to please and feel governed by a desire to seek approval of others for something you want to do and if you feel like pleasing others to the detriment of your own needs, just remember this Mulla Nasrudin story, listen to your inner voice, seek your own approval and act in accordance with your own conscience.
Log kya kahenge...?
Why do you succumb to peer pressure? Why do you crave for the approval of others? Don’t worry...!
Kuch toh log kahenge, logon ka kam hai kehna…
Remember, it may be difficult to please everyone else but it is easy to please your own self.
Kuch toh log kahenge, logon ka kam hai kehna…
Remember, it may be difficult to please everyone else but it is easy to please your own self.
VIKRAM KARVE
Copyright © Vikram Karve 2010
Vikram Karve has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of this work.
VIKRAM KARVE educated at IIT Delhi, ITBHU and The Lawrence School Lovedale, is an Electronics and Communications Engineer by profession, a Human Resource Manager and Trainer by occupation, a Teacher by vocation, a Creative Writer by inclination and a Foodie by passion. An avid blogger, he has written a number of fiction short stories and creative non-fiction articles in magazines and journals for many years before the advent of blogging. His delicious foodie blogs have been compiled in a book "Appetite for a Stroll". Vikram lives in Pune with his family and pet Doberman girl Sherry, with whom he takes long walks thinking creative thoughts.
Foodie Book: Appetite for a Stroll
Academic and Creative Journal Vikram Karve – http://karvediat.blogspot.com
Professional Profile of Vikram Karve - http://www.linkedin.com/in/karve
Email: vikramkarve@sify.com© vikram karve., all rights reserved.
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