tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30819742.post4000303864332338504..comments2024-03-27T13:58:06.458+05:30Comments on Suvro Chatterjee bemused: Chit funds, cheat fundsSuvro Chatterjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01027202980259279420noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30819742.post-88657034839919048822013-05-01T08:09:45.234+05:302013-05-01T08:09:45.234+05:30Ranajoy, if you had read the post a little more cl...Ranajoy, if you had read the post a little more closely you'd have noticed that this is not 'another angle' at all: I have mentioned it already! But yes, I agree entirely with you - the dice, even after centuries of reforms, is still heavily loaded against the weakest, both in terms of money and intelligence...Suvro Chatterjeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027202980259279420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30819742.post-8608920832182412302013-04-29T20:48:11.919+05:302013-04-29T20:48:11.919+05:30Suvro-da,
Well summed. I agree with you too. The ...Suvro-da,<br /><br />Well summed. I agree with you too. The only other angle that I wanted to share is that ,not all villagers or the menial labourers have an access to Banks and other big fat Investment firms. These institutions literally rebuke the poor people and intimidate/insult them for their not having proper PAN card, Voter ID cards, Pay slips,address proofs, Utility bills and what have you. Chit fund agents on the other hand come on a bicycle on the door steps of the poor people and sweet talk them to get the job done.Ranajoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598711217793361820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30819742.post-24573486246424851062013-04-27T22:37:55.474+05:302013-04-27T22:37:55.474+05:30Found this quote by one John Charles Salak on the ...Found this quote by one John Charles Salak on the cover of a notebook - <br /><br />"Failures are divided into two classes — those who thought and never did, and those who did but never thought."<br /><br />Considering Sudipta Sen as a hopeless failure, I thought this quote goes pretty nicely with your post, Sir. Please correct me if I am wrong.Sayan Dattahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10471336056338860961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30819742.post-6902840148863073482013-04-25T10:33:23.165+05:302013-04-25T10:33:23.165+05:30This news link
(http://bit.ly/17UvSau)
clearly...This news link <br /><br />(http://bit.ly/17UvSau) <br /><br />clearly illustrates my contention that most suddenly rich people are crooks at best and idiots at worst, often by their own admission. And this rascal was driving about in BMWs, throwing parties at fine hotels, and fooling around with thousands of crores (that's several hundred million dollars) worth of other people's money. See why I cannot admire the merely rich, why I wrinkle my nose at them?Suvro Chatterjeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027202980259279420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30819742.post-63902343760225512972013-04-23T18:59:49.191+05:302013-04-23T18:59:49.191+05:30Dear Sir,
Thank you very much for such an insight...Dear Sir,<br /><br />Thank you very much for such an insightful, informative and thought-provoking post. I am reminded of Amartya Sen’s words ‘The moral obligation of being informed’ and understand their meaning better as the days pass.<br /><br />There is a lot of ‘Samalochana’ going day and night on the various news channels but very few seem to have the courage to state that it is greed, gullibility and stupidity that has led to the sad loss of the money of so many ‘educated’ people. <br /><br />Your post has forced me to ponder once again on the kind of education that is required in our country – the kind which empowers a person with a fine sense of discrimination through thorough grounding in Literature, History and Science - and the present day ‘mug-up-the-textbook’ kind of schooling our young students are getting. With the present educational scenario, we will only produce more and more ‘educated’ suckers. It is the first kind of education that needs to be provided to the masses if we wish to protect them from the kind of frauds like Sarada and Sanchayita permanently. <br /><br />Added to the lack of education is the present zeitgeist ‘Making money is the only worthy ambition in life’ that is drilled into the minds of the children that makes matters worse. Now that I am able to observe the people around me better, I see so many ‘educated people with good backgrounds’ swooning over big money , inwardly envying and admiring crooks and thieves who have the opportunity (if only temporarily) to enjoy the high life. These are the very same people who expect unalloyed honesty from all the politicians. I wonder why we have such prejudices against politicians. <br /><br />Greed is powerfully alluring and I think so is laziness, avarice, arrogance and fear. I am beginning to realise that it is through knowledge and wisdom that these can be fought. As you wrote to me on my blog, ‘Satsang’ is also very important. I am grateful to God that I have the opportunity of interacting with you through your blogs and otherwise.<br /> <br />Please keep writing and enlightening us, Sir.<br /><br />Warm regards<br />Rashmi<br />Rashmi Dattahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04125416218229246687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30819742.post-76437357153321772552013-04-23T17:52:44.355+05:302013-04-23T17:52:44.355+05:30Though not directly related with this post, I thin...Though not directly related with this post, I think this link will be somewhat relevant:<br /><br />http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Mukesh-Ambani-to-pay-Rs-15-lakh-a-month-for-security-cover/articleshow/19687299.cms<br /><br /><br />Thanks,<br />Subhadip.Subhadip Duttahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14537752464444407628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30819742.post-10472101221868881242013-04-23T11:02:05.455+05:302013-04-23T11:02:05.455+05:30With rampant consumerism and uneven growth in life...With rampant consumerism and uneven growth in lifestyle, I guess the wish to become rich in a short span on time is on the rise. Everyone wants to own what the other guy owns. And to take advantage of this mentality such chit funds and other means of thievery are thriving. Unfortunately a vast majority gets easily duped too, because the greed to become rich suppresses all other rational thoughts. Recently saw a news story, where a local cab driver here in Bangalore got duped off nearly 20 lakhs. He had apparently fallen to the now frequent SMS scams run mostly by Nigerian thugs, wherein you are congratulated on winning millions of dollars/pounds sponsored by some well known company and where you are asked to contact some number or mail id for further instructions. This fellow had apparently 'won' around 80 crores (!!!!) and was asked to transfer nearly 20 lakhs to a certain account as part of processing fees and tax. He borrowed from multiple sources (private financiers) and thus lost it all. I feel even the present day banks are partly responsible for all these, by blindly opening accounts and aiding in money laundering. The age old system of 'introduction' to open an account was much safer and transparent.Sunuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16767247915645717105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30819742.post-81332415602202929702013-04-22T21:54:06.994+05:302013-04-22T21:54:06.994+05:30Dear Sir,
The short story 'How much land does...Dear Sir,<br /><br />The short story 'How much land does a man need' acquires huge significance in the context of this blog post. It is frightening really to see what greed can do...almost reads like a horror story that one. The three maxims you have talked about carry a big lesson in them. The first of them reminds me that you had said some other time that after a certain point in time a man must know where to stop as far as earning money is concerned. He mustn't cross a certain line because even though he could then be much more comfortably off by earning more, the price that would be exacted from him would be huge. Excess of money corrupts like nothing else - how true that adage! About the second maxim, I wonder how or why even old people, at the fag end of their lives still cannot think beyond how much money they have earned, or lost, or their sons and daughters are earning, when all that should concern them is earning a little more of some good karma before saying the final goodbye to the world. And these people don't have a clue where all the emptiness within them is coming from! For the third maxim, I wonder whether talking of the 20 something hot-shot MBA and Tagore in the same breath, as people seem to have no trouble doing nowadays, isn't the highest form of corruption there is? If being merely rich and being great mean the same thing...I now understand why you say that 'all corruption begins and ends with language'. Sayan Dattahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10471336056338860961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30819742.post-85330826294517564612013-04-22T15:16:29.376+05:302013-04-22T15:16:29.376+05:30There is nothing you can say much to these people,...There is nothing you can say much to these people, Sir. If people cannot learn from history, then there is nothing one can do about it. Everybody thinks, 'it is not going to happen with me...'. Just like people who do not wear helmets while driving motorcycles think 'the accident will not happen with me', these people are also the same. The less said to them and about them, the better it is.<br /><br />Let us instead silently watch the show, and tell these people nothing until they are put to suffering just because they are unwilling to see the obvious.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Subhadip.Subhadip Duttahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14537752464444407628noreply@blogger.com