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YOU DON'T EAT A LION DOESN'T                                 “Hmm…”I smiled: “No”
     MEAN LION WON'T EAT YOU!
                                                                “Uday, why do such bad things happen to
    One of my friends is working in a state-                    good people?”

    government's administrative department.
    She is very honest, dedicated and                           “Do you have any logical reason why bad
    hardworking. She cannot stand any                           things should NOT happen to good
    manipulation or corruption.                                 people?”


    Her fellow workers in the department                        “But why?”
    follow the so-called 'practical philosophy'

    of life: “ I'll-scratch-your-back-if-you-                   “There is no apparent reason or
    scratch-mine”. They make a living out of                    explanation I can give that would explain
    scratching and not by performing their                      all the sufferings, miseries, evil, torture,
    duty or work properly. It goes without say                  destruction and hunger in the world! You'll

    that they are corrupt to the core. They                     never understand it. You can try all your
    know how to manipulate the system and                       formulas, religious and otherwise, but
    squeeze money out of it. Since she does                     nobody; nothing can give you a clear or
    not support this, naturally, she becomes                    fools-proof explanation…”

    enemy no.1. So, they have stalled her
                                                                “So, there is no reason at all?”
    promotion and stopped her progress. The
    department laws are strict on her, but not                  “There could be – but no one has found it

    for others.

    She is very frustrated and told me: “Uday,

    merit has absolutely no value in the
    department. Nobody support justice. The
    world is unfair…”


    “Yes- I agree with you – world appears
    unfair. And we have to live a fair-life in this
    unfair world – that's the toughest

    challenge in life. If you are honest and
    hardworking, everybody would dump work
    on you while they take away the credits.

    This is the way of the world…”

     “Are you justifying it?” she asked




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