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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.

April 20, 2008

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

            My philosophy, psychology and knowledge about self make me say some rough words, though it is from the bitter experiences. I share it with him.

“You see for me my personal life is more important than money. I am a silly kind of person always going ahead with my aims and researches. Money is a need not the greed; it helps some people. I do not want it free. The works that I do are from real life experiences. I have been studying from 1976 to till today, as in 2006; I got my Ph.D. in Alternative Medicines. I went to study Australia for Ph.D. as a young person with a dream, but my scholarship was having trouble of the phasing out because I was the single Indian studying there in 1989-90. It was a decision from the authorities as the mutual help between India and Australia did not include the education section for that year. I suffered a lot and finished my graduation in six years, though not failing or leaving any gap year in my studies,” I say.

“I see. You have gone through family and social problems, but do not worry, the efforts count not the success,” he says.

“Yaw. Even then, the financial problem and the family disgrace, and the channel playing a game gave my father a heart problem, which he recovered, though there were only 20% chances for his recovery. Thanks to the relevant doctors. I know how terrible it was for my father in 2005, he got clot in the brain, the result was the paralysis on the right side. He is recovering, though bed ridden. The national hero is struggling for the idealism. My going to study needed money, it was again loan, as the scholarship was subsidized one. It was disgrace for our family as after years of honor as the topper of the school going abroad and getting no further scholarship, while the family was not able to afford it,” I say.