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This column previously ran by Deepak Morris is now taken over by Gautami Tripathy and now the column will be written by Dr. Harmander Singh.

The purpose of the column is to bring the culture and joy of mysterious and beautiful India to the world.

March 30, 2008

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He, as the Western and I, as the Eastern Talk and Discuss-III

 Dr. Harmander Singh

After some time, we have another talk.

“Well, you see, even though my father was a great sportsman, he had many troubles,” I say.

“Yaw, it seems so, but I wonder if he had opportunity for a good job as you say he is a good player?” he says.

“You are right. He had many opportunities and could have joined any job, as he was the international player of 12 games. He selected to be a lecturer (teacher) in the sports. He taught almost 50,000 students and used to deposit the fee of the poor students, without ever telling them,” I say.

“Wow, it seems a good example, did not he try to earn some many from other works?” he says.

“No, you see he spent almost whole of his day in the college from morning to evening. Moreover, his books of poems remained ignored, as he did not want to publish it. He wrote many books, but preferred to be a practical person. He never allowed media throughout his life for name, fame and limelight and preferred a life of privacy,” I say.

“Well, it seems a good example, but is this privacy a practical approach?” he asks.

“You see the practical examples may not be the professional ones, however he wanted his children to be practical not just the bookworms. Thus, he taught and advised us to learn and earn, so he arranged the cows and buffaloes, so our family worked and studied, while topping in the respective fields of the studies, is not it a practical way of living?” I say.

“Wow, it sounds good, could your family members study, while working?” he asks.

“Yaw, you see one of my sister topped in the university for three years in post graduation and in diploma, she won three national awards. One earned great reputation in the media and as national level yoga teacher. We always studied and worked, is not a good achievement?” I say.