So what does more money bring you? More happiness? more comfort? more love? more pleasure? I don't know the answer, but sure I want to earn more money, and when I earn more money, I want to earn some more. But from my last visit to Nashik I am asking that question to myself more often than I did before.
I saw two families in that city, both distant family members, living within stones throw distance from each other, but completely contrasting life styles.
Family 1: 4 members of a family living in a cramped 1 bedroom house. Oh I forgot to mention they had a new entry into their family so that makes the family size to 5. Grandfather, Grandmother both looked so busy entertaining the new entrant, its like they had a new lease of life. The parents of the new born were happy too. Albeit more in love than before. They welcomed us, and insisted that our chauffeur sit for lunch amongst us. Not very common for a orthodox brahmin family, but I guess India is changing. There was never a moment when there was silence in that house. As Maya Sarabhai would say, typical Over-the-top-emotions-middle-class-family.
Family2: All together 3 members in family, daughter studying in US, husband a very busy business man seen seldomly at home, wife at home, ofcourse she had 3 dogs, 2 cats and 4 maid servants for company ( and yes the omnipresent mobile phone) living in a bunglow that had its own landscaped garden and enough space to park their 4 big size imported brand cars.
Naahhhhhhhh....forget it.. time to make more money.
