Art of giving: warren buffet to be told

Abstract

Below is an extract from R Vaidyanathan’s forthcoming Book India Uninc, published by Tata Westland.

The Indian ethos of giving has been much misunderstood and not stressed on sufficiently enough. Bill Gates and Warren Buffet have been the recipients of much praise, while Indian pioneers like Dyal Singh Majithia are sadly forgotten.

The visits of Bill Gates and Warren Buffet a couple of years ago resulted in copious media columns being devoted to reporting not only their business and investment insights, but also their ‘charitable’ instincts.

It is important that both of them are educated about our system and the Indian ethos of giving which exists from ancient times and do not require lectures by business channels which live and even die for TRPs.

Buffett should know that the greatest hero of all times in India in our scriptures is Karna who gave away everything he had and his name is interchangeably used for the art of giving in many Indian languages. Harshavardhana, the ancient Indian Emperor was yet another individual fabled for his charity. Read more at: https://rvaidya2000.com/2014/01/11/art-of-giving-warren-buffet-to-be-told/