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Avan Aval Adhu 658
“The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence; the past is a place of learning, not a place of living.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
A million questions were swirling inside her head and her heart unable to keep up with the stress that she was feeling threatened her with boycott and was finally heard and its warnings heeded. Pushing away all her angst, pain and the love that she felt for the man who destiny had brought into his life, she smiled and said, ' You don't have to say anything. I am sorry for asking these inappropriate questions and that too to a person who I have just met and know very little of. It is obvious that the memories concerning this woman have scarred you badly and have made you very cautious when it comes to the matters of the heart'.
' Not just the woman but her brother for he was the one who unleashed hell into all our lives. Together they ended up destroying so many lives and some beyond repair.'
Dhana smiled, and Tara whose eyes were full of him, watched as his eyes took on a distant look and realised that he was building a bridge between the present and the past through the material called memories.
' Lavanya. Her name was Lavanya and her elder brother was Arjun. I and Arjun were college mates'.
' Was... as in..?'
' Yes. Both are no more. Lavanya died first murdered by her own brother and then several years later, he returned and began killing innocent people and in the end we were forced to put him down'.
' We, by that you mean, other warriors like you?'
Dhana nodded, 'Not like me but better than me and yes, they were all warriors.'
' This man Arjun sounds like he was a terrible person. What was the reason for him killing his own sister?'
' A long story but I will not bore you with too many details and will tell it in a brief manner.
Lavanya seems to have developed an infatuation or a crush on me when our paths crossed during a cultural meet for all the city colleges, and as fate would have it, Arjun her brother was not only my college mate but a rival in the college elections. Lavanya citing her brother as an excuse began frequenting our college and eventually confessed her love to me which I politely turned down and also told her not to disturb me in the future.
I guess she was not used to being denied or rejected and her feelings for me twisted her and proceeded to make her do things that a normal person would not do. She without my knowledge began wooing my best friend Balaji and slept with him and soon was pregnant. I am not sure about the circumstances that led to her death, but my instincts tell me that Arjun confronted her and knowing her must have rubbed it in his face and this was what led him to kill her and make it look like a suicide'.
' Surely the police must have investigated the case and an autopsy would have revealed it as murder'.
' I am sure they would have but then money, power and political connections were used and Lavanya was buried and soon forgotten. At least I did and that is what everyone around did I suppose but for her brother Arjun who came back years later and embarked on a mission of vengeance. A few innocent lives were lost but in the end, we put him down'.
Tara knew that he had left out a lot of things to keep the narration short, and maybe the reason for that, was because it still made him feel uncomfortable. But what was glaring to her was that he was hesitating to give the name and details, about the most important person in his life. The name of the wife that he was married to and unable to quell both her frustration and curiosity she asked him,
' I am sorry but I don't understand you. All this happened in the past. You are married now and I am sure to a woman who is worthy of you. So, why do I sense that you are still worried about the past and worried about me?
Do you have a photo of her, your wife? What is her name?'
' Her name is life.'
Tara gasped and asked ' Vie. Vous voulez dire que votre femme porte le nom de nos vies. Vie. Vraiment. ( Life. You mean to say that your wife is named after our lives. Life. Really)'.
Then she saw a ghost of a smile on his lips and an ember of a twinkle in his eyes and she knew that he had spoken the truth, and he was indeed married to life. Literally.
There are many ways a poet will sing about love and when love bears fruit. But there is a happiness that a woman feels in her entire being and that comes because she was created for it and out of it. She was created, to create, and that happens when a mother sees her baby for the first time and locks eyes with the part of her life that she had carried in her womb, and body for ten months.
The love that flowed out of her being was like a dam opening all its shutters and letting loose a flood of water. But unlike the Chembarambakkam Lake that was opened tragically in 2015, the love that erupted out of Tara was life itself.
Dhana smiled, ' Tara, there are marriages, and then, there are those marriages that last for eternity. My partner is life and she will always come first. She will always be my priority.'
Getting up, he looked at her and said, ' Think about it while I go and check on Gayatri.'
Friendship is like a BOOK. It takes few seconds to burn, but it takes years to write.
All things in life are temporary. If going well, enjoy it, they will not last forever. If going wrong, don't worry, they can't last long either.
Old Friends are Gold! New Friends are Diamond! If you get a Diamond, don't forget the Gold! Because to hold a Diamond, you always need a Base of Gold!
Often when we lose hope and think this is the end, GOD smiles from above and says, "Relax, sweetheart, it's just a bend, not the end!
When GOD solves your problems, you have faith in HIS abilities; when GOD doesn't solve your problems HE has faith in your abilities.
A blind person asked St. Anthony: "Can there be anything worse than losing eye sight?" He replied: "Yes, losing your vision!"
When you pray for others, God listens to you and blesses them, and sometimes, when you are safe and happy, remember that someone has prayed for you.
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What’s the number? What’s the number?
By Shoba Narayan, Wisdom Circle, August 2024
The recent Ambani wedding brought out a lot of conversations about spending, splurging, taste, excess, celebrity-chasing, and the whole ‘show-off’ culture that seems to be permeating India. I was among those who gawked at the emeralds and diamonds that were paraded out on social media by all the Ambani clan. Sure, even one of those gems could feed an entire village, but even those of us who felt outraged by the excess couldn’t stop watching.
As for me, and please don’t judge me here, watching all those flowers, jewellery, costumes and movie-set like décor prompted an urgent, perhaps unnecessary question in my head: do I have enough money to do a nice (not excessive, just nice) wedding for my children? Following that came another thought: how much does it cost to do a nice wedding? Of course all this is relative depending on the city and the number of guests, but it all boils down to the eternal question that all of us earning adults face at some point. You know what I mean? The big net worth question.
When I was at the Columbia Journalism program in 1995, two professors invited a bunch of us students to their apartment for dinner. We were all in our 20s—hungry and ambitious. So about a dozen of us freshly minted journalism graduates sipped on martinis and took in the sweeping views of Manhattan from their apartment balcony. Our professors seemed the epitome of New York sophistication.
During the course of that evening, one student blurted out, “What’s the number?”
We all laughed because it was exactly the question we had wanted to ask.
“How much money would we need to live like you guys?”
“$7 million in the bank,” Ray said without hesitation. He was the editor in chief of Time magazine at that time.
I could hear my classmates inhaling. How were we going to save up $7 million on a media person’s salary of $15,000 a year. Freelancers like me who didn’t have green cards couldn’t aspire for even that much.
When people think about when to retire, often they think about net worth: about how much money you need to retire. How much money would you have to accumulate in order to safely stop earning, and yet preserve the lifestyle that you envisage? In other words, what’s your number? What’s the net worth you want?
Well, that question has many moving parts. In a previous column, I have talked about calculations that we all make about retirement– about savings set aside for travel, medical expenses and splurges.
This column is about something slightly different, and if I may say so, somewhat spiritual. It is about contribution, courage, priorities and eventually about saying enough. Money, after all, should be your slave and not your master — at least that’s what our parents told us. Numerous studies show that money cannot buy happiness. More money doesn’t mean you will be happier. In fact, many times, it is the opposite. So if you are stuck in a job you hate at age 55, perhaps you should ask the question: why am I doing this? What happens if I quit?
At Nagarhole national forest recently, I met a couple who did just that. They were in their thirties. We were on safari together and while waiting for a tiger to show up, we got talking. Ria and Nikhil were both chartered accountants from Delhi. They had worked at a multinational firm. Working from Home (WFH) during Covid taught them how much they loved the freedom and agency that came with not reporting to an office. So they stopped. Since 2021, they said, they had not held a full-time job. Instead they had become part of the gig economy and were happier for it.
“It’s amazing how little you need to be happy,” said Prerna, and then outlined what they had done.
It could be a blueprint for how to lead a life of freedom. Sell everything non-essential to your life. Live near public transport and if possible, greenery — lakes, parks. Choose a good community of folks that you might like to hang out with. Sell your car and try walking or cycling — it is good for your health and the environment. It will save you money and free you from tension. Value freedom over accumulation of objects.
The couple were spending ten days in Nagarhole, something that would have been unthinkable if they needed to be at their offices in order to keep up with their home and car payments. Instead, they carried their computers in a backpack, paid for good Wi-Fi connection, and worked on projects. They had traded savings for freedom, which in the end, is why we all earn anyway—to be free to do the things we want. Well, why not start now? Downsize your lifestyle, your expectations and make choices that are courageous and counter-intuitive. Do you really need that Rolex watch that you are saving up for? Do you really need that name-brand car that you are struggling for or do you merely want it because your colleague has it? What are things you do or buy because you want to keep up with the Agarwals?
Even though all of us may earn well, not all of us will end up millionaires. You could become one by consistent savings, by starting something that becomes a unicorn, or through a windfall from your parents or relatives after they have passed on. If you are self-made and don’t come from wealth, simply putting your money into good mutual funds and saving judiciously can lead to a lot of money in your lifetime. The question then becomes: are you a slave to the earnings cycle or can you become the master of your financial destiny. Saying enough may be one answer. Telling yourself that you don’t need to leave a huge inheritance for your kids may be the other answer.
When you scrimp and save for 40+ years, you may find that you are now sitting on a fortune that you never anticipated having. Your kids may be OK financially or they may be struggling – it matters not. Do you really want to dump big bucks in their laps? Or do you want them to forge their path just like you did?
Wealth is an equation, status symbol, and a cushion. But in the end, it is also just a number. How much do you need to retire is among the most searched questions on the Internet, usually in times of inflation, transitions, or unemployment. How much do you need to retire and be happy is an equally important framework. Nobody can answer this except yourself. Others can give you some contours of the answer but not in its entirety.
Sometimes less is more. The legacy of a life well-lived– with frugality, thought and compassion—may be the best gift, not just for our children but for ourselves. For that, you need to say the magic word: enough. You will be amazed at how freeing it is.
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