MONEY IS NOT EVERYTHING
MONEY IS NOT EVERYTHING By Brij Sachdeva In a village, working as a Pharmacy Officer in a government hospital, I had a friend, a resident of that village, who was a very rich farmer. He maintained a very simple lifestyle, like a poor man. From his clothes, no one could guess that he was a rich person. People did not associate with him because he was a miser. He would not spend a single rupee on anything which is not very urgently required. He believed in accumulating money more and more but would not spend or lend at all, come what may. From the face, he appeared very much innocent, which he was indeed also. His decency was so profound that it led to his isolation from society, to a great extent. I admired him only because of his simplicity, innocence and decency. He used to tell me about an incident. A very ordinary incident, but the message it contains is worth consideration. One day, as usual, he put a few lac rupees in a very dirty cloth bag and headed to ...