1996. 1st January. A boy meets his father after many months. It is his mother's birthday. His father hands him a packet saying it is from his mother. He opens the packet and finds five thousand rupees. He is surprised. He looks questioningly at his father. His father seems to be holding some kind of emotion back. The father answers that the money belongs to the boy now and he can choose to do as he feels should be done ...
1997. 1st January. The father meets the boy again. After some conversation , the father wants to know what has happened to the money though hastily adding at the same time that it is not his business either.The boy smiles and tells his father that he has invested the money. "Did you park the money with a bank?" No, I didn't! The father looked interested. The boy hesitates. Knowing his father well, he didn't feel like revealing.
Yet... he must. His response was painfully slow. I... bought some shares!! Shares??? The father almost shouted!!! My son in share market... he seems to be muttering some words hardly audible to the son. What are my friends going to say? That my son forsook his education for money? .. Is this what your mother wanted you to do?... The boy was baffled too. He knew the general response would have been likewise but ...
He desperately answers his father back.. I want to be rich! His father gives him a queer look. The response from the father was equally vigorous. It is only education that matters. Education brings knowledge. Knowledge assists in creating wealth. IT IS NOT ABOUT GETTING RICH!! It is about getting WEALTHY!! Wealthy? What is the difference between getting rich and getting wealthy? The boy's bafflement grew... [to be continued]
1997. 1st January. The father meets the boy again. After some conversation , the father wants to know what has happened to the money though hastily adding at the same time that it is not his business either.The boy smiles and tells his father that he has invested the money. "Did you park the money with a bank?" No, I didn't! The father looked interested. The boy hesitates. Knowing his father well, he didn't feel like revealing.
Yet... he must. His response was painfully slow. I... bought some shares!! Shares??? The father almost shouted!!! My son in share market... he seems to be muttering some words hardly audible to the son. What are my friends going to say? That my son forsook his education for money? .. Is this what your mother wanted you to do?... The boy was baffled too. He knew the general response would have been likewise but ...
He desperately answers his father back.. I want to be rich! His father gives him a queer look. The response from the father was equally vigorous. It is only education that matters. Education brings knowledge. Knowledge assists in creating wealth. IT IS NOT ABOUT GETTING RICH!! It is about getting WEALTHY!! Wealthy? What is the difference between getting rich and getting wealthy? The boy's bafflement grew... [to be continued]
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