DIL MAANGE MORE

What kind of dreams will I dream, if I happen to sleep on a mattress stashed with currency notes? I am binging on gold biscuits sprinkled with diamonds.
An IAS couple from MP has piled more than 360 crores of cash. Since the tax officials were unable to count the notes manually, counting machines were brought in to count the cache of cash. Honestly, are these people sane, stashing away cash in washing machines and masala containers? Even in quilts!

Perhaps the inspiration flows from the top. If the powerful can shovel loot in distant Cayman Islands, then lesser mortals can stash it in mattresses. When the convict and the judge share the same interests of piling cash, justice can take a holiday.
And if one gets caught in the lure of greener pastures, then brazen it out. Abandon the sinking ship and, announce poker faced that, “I was not even aware that my mattress had foreign currency. I don’t know where it came from.”

I would like to share a story which I read in Economic Times this week.
The Yaksha King, Kubera is said to be the treasurer of Gods. While on a visit to Lord Shiva’s abode, he met Ganesha. Lord Shiva as we all know is a hermit-god and Ganesha is his son. Realizing Ganesha’s penchant for food, Kubera invited him for a meal.
Ganesha’s hunger was insatiable. He ate all that was there and demanded more. Kubera tried his best to feed Ganesha until there was no food left in the kingdom. Finally Kubera begged him to stop and pleaded forgiveness.
Ganesha replied, “The difference between you and my father is that you try to provide more and more while my father seeks to reduce the desire for more. And this is the reason for my existence in my father’s house and not in your kitchen.”

Industrial houses and companies wish to grow, in size as well as on the balance sheets. If the employee working in the same company wants to grow likewise, his aspiration cannot be termed as undesirable. If employer hunger is celebrated then the employee’s personal aspiration is also justified. He is merely not satisfied with a Santro and desires a SUV. Nothing wrong with it. Food fuels hunger. And greed is synonymous with growth. Then, is contentment complacency? For business houses it sure is. Perhaps we will have to ask Shiva to shed some light on his theory of less is more?

As of now the mantra seems to be more, more and more. Kubera rules. And honesty seems to be mere lack of opportunity. Most palms itch and need to be greased.

I am thinking of stashing away some ten rupee notes in my pillow and see what dreams I dream tonight. No harm in trying.

Damn. The pillow is too uncomfortable. My neck is hurting.