tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287386385521088828.post6132155204123198830..comments2024-02-15T00:20:18.559-08:00Comments on I do: Mukesh Ambani's "peacock's tail"?Suresh Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00992080838169400299noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287386385521088828.post-14773300150893588512010-11-02T05:47:00.554-07:002010-11-02T05:47:00.554-07:00Hi Kilash,
I doubt if I will be able to motivate ...Hi Kilash,<br /><br />I doubt if I will be able to motivate myself to write about such things. My interests currently are very different. Even this post was because it had some biology.Suresh Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00992080838169400299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287386385521088828.post-12336539509707175622010-11-01T17:58:47.456-07:002010-11-01T17:58:47.456-07:00Perhaps a future post on this topic, then? I have ...Perhaps a future post on this topic, then? I have a lot more to say too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287386385521088828.post-59733818298234223582010-11-01T00:31:51.851-07:002010-11-01T00:31:51.851-07:00Kailash,
Criticism is fine. I am opposed to some o...Kailash,<br />Criticism is fine. I am opposed to some of your views but it will take too much time to respond.Suresh Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00992080838169400299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287386385521088828.post-90654023205876092502010-10-31T21:38:10.568-07:002010-10-31T21:38:10.568-07:00hmm....To each his own....(especially after readin...hmm....To each his own....(especially after reading the comments...)<br />:):)<br />Rgds,<br />Leelaleelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00883726349925762684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287386385521088828.post-76138149992008037062010-10-31T07:49:18.209-07:002010-10-31T07:49:18.209-07:00Kesu, just to clarify - no personal attack intende...Kesu, just to clarify - no personal attack intended....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287386385521088828.post-81294779748145224732010-10-29T18:32:08.443-07:002010-10-29T18:32:08.443-07:00What a disappointing post! I read a similar articl...What a disappointing post! I read a similar article in today's TOI as well and here are my views.<br /><br />First the obvious point: IT IS HIS MONEY! Who are you, me and the bleeding heart media to comment on what he NEEDS? <br /><br />Second, the "intellectuals" quoted in the TOI article (or for that matter, on any article where the idea is to load guilt on someone for spending HIS OWN MONEY in ways that we do not approve) are usually the same ones taking vacations to Italy, France and other spots. So, the part that nauseates them is not the spending (they do it too) but the conspicuous nature of the spending. They just pretend to be bleeding hearts.<br /><br />Third, the Nero example does not fit because Nero's was a criminal act - unless you are saying that someone spending HIS OWN MONEY on something YOU don't like, is a criminal act.<br /><br />Fourth, the NEEDS argument can be used against all of us who are fortunate enough to be above the poverty line. Using your own logic, how are you sure that you, me and people like us NEED two or three bedroom apts with running water and electricity? Surely, that is a NERO-like (using your logic) act in a country where most people cannot afford the basics. This is the kind of guilt-loading that led to socialistic policies that in turn led to the economic ruin of a country with such a great history and culture.<br /><br />This is not intended to be a pro-Ambani statement. I don't really care what he is up to, so long as he does not violate the laws of the land, people's property rights, etc. I would have written the same type of comments if you had posted on the Mittal wedding or any other act of conspicuous consumption. The fact that I personally do not get a kick out of such consumption does not give me the right to pass value judgement on those who do. I might feel amused, irritated or bored, but that's about it.<br /><br />Now, if you are questioning whether he earned his money fair and square - that is an entirely different, valid line of questioning. But that's a different topic altogether, not to be mixed up what you are attempting to say here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287386385521088828.post-49657354299137211832010-10-27T15:42:39.060-07:002010-10-27T15:42:39.060-07:00Very puzzling indeed,but I have stopped being surp...Very puzzling indeed,but I have stopped being surprised at the fact that human beings are capable of ignoring the reality around us and withdraw into the little big ME. Have often wondered why we run after the material things which vanish in a blink.<br />It is all a big show for the WOW effect, we pay a very big price for that small "WOW" in the big scheme of things. Well that is for all of us, little people, Mukesh Ambani does it because "he can" and " don't care"<br />take carevinitha radhammahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16675294312102666209noreply@blogger.com