Indian & Indians: Love, kindness, friendship, decency, fair-play, cooperation, civism are for Indians are like lichen on a rock; they do not penetrate to the root of his being. But why be squeamish? Our Indian is essentially a go getter. Success-he must have that any cost. And this success must always appear in the form of the Mighty Rupee.
The American, it is said, despises failure; he thinks that this ignoble condition is a sign of heaven`s displeasure. The Indian is not quite like that: he understands failure, and coolly puts it down to his bade deeds in the past life; but he seeks and glories in his triumph. The simply means more respect here below and a better prospect when he has gone to the other world. All said and done, Indian must have a label the more glittering the better.
The big fish, said Chekhov, live upon the small, Why? Nobody knows. It is nature`s way. One Indian, big or small, devours another Indian. Wherefore? This is a dread secret. All I can say is that strict vegetarianism seems to lead, by come cosmic perversity, to dutiful cannibalism.
(will continue in next). Regards. Sunder T. 20160122.
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