Indian Belief's & Buisness - 2

Buisness is Yagna, the ritual described in the oldest and most revered of Hindu scriptures, - The Rig Veda.

                        #9

Paresh believes that because he pays a good salary, his cook prepares his meals just the way he likes them. He is the yajaman and the cook is the devata. The cook, however, believe that it is his skill at preparing good meals which gets him a good salary from Paresh. In the cook imagination, he is the yajaman & Paresh is devata. Both do svaha, which gives them a satisfactory tathastu.

                        #10

Suhasini serves fast food at an international fast food centre. She is expected to speak in English and is trained on how to greet the guests. She knows that customers can speak Marathi or Hindi, both the languages that she is fluent in but het supervisor is watching her, as is the CCTV, and she can lose points for not following the rules. Rules have ensured the chain is highly efficient and profitable. So she puts on her artificial smile, continues to speak in English and does nothing to comfort the customers, even though she feels miserable about the whole situation. Neither het views not the annoyance of a single customer really matter.

                    #11

Gayatri is irritated. She is having problems with her investors who are delaying the next installment of desperately needed funds. Her uncle, and business partner, is demanding a greater role in the management. Her chief operating officer has quit because he felt there was much interference from the management. A competitor has poached two of her most prized engineers. The employees are threatening to go on strike if their wages are not increased. And her husband is not giving her support he'd promised when she started her own business. She feels like Indra with the prajapatis, asuras and tapasvis ganging up against her.

                         #12

When Priya reflects on her life, she realises with time she has changed. She used to be impatient and demanding, very rigid with her rules. But with times she has allowed herself to be more forgiving of others as well as herself. She is patient with other people's opinions. She does not convince anyone but instead slowly builds a consensus, not because it is the right thing to do but because she believes everyone is right from their point of view and it is a struggle to accommodate another's point of view. How can she expect others to do what took her a long time? Priya has risen in the corporate ladder and is a much sought- after professional; but that social achievement she knows is an outcome of mental maturity. She was once self- observed like Indra, then process- driven like Daksha, then withdrawn and wise like Shiva, but now she feels like Vishnu- focused on talent growth. It demanded the awakening of Narayan within her.

                 #13

Mandeep can see an opportunity. The new bus stop will attract a lot of people. And people need tea and snacks. Opening a tea stall next to the bus stop will allow him to be independent. He has slaved a tea stall in the station for years and knows whay it takes to run such an enterprise. All he needs is some money and the support of local authorities. He will need to charm a few people for capital, seek favours from others and force his way to realise his dream. His boss will not be supportive but if he gets the backing of a local Don, no one can stop him. The police may harass him, but even they need tea. Mandeep is Vasudev, unafraid of a fight, determined to create the pot that will harness Lakshmi. 

                    #14

Pallavi learnt Hindustani classical music from a renowned musician, one who had succeeded both commercially as well as critically, earning national awards. His music school was legendary. Yet as a person he was bitter, insecure, angry and jealous of young talent, promoting his sons and ignoring other talented disciples. Pallavi realised that the fabulous music that uplifted the souls of audience had not uplifted the musician in his own lifetime. The yagna had generated a lot of Lakshmi and Durga, and the yajaman had even expected a lot of Saraswati but it had failed to awaken "Narayan".