Enigma Solution

We now live in a society of organisations and institutions. Local, district, state, national and at international level. Each one of them managed by 'professionals' (bureaucrats) following complicated processes which no one can completely understand or implement. They are all political creatures, and therefore possess all of the negatives of politics. We humans and even nations believe that things will just happen by themselves, but they never do. The cunning amongst us know this all too well and take full advantage. In recent times the  Chinese Communist Party  has quietly and cunningly infiltrated every multilateral international organisation of consequence, across the world numerous politicians and their parties, governments, educational institutions, social platforms, gaming,  sports organisations, and finally media and film production. They do not serve the cause or the objectives of these organisations were created for but are servants of the  C...

These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness and worship without awareness. ~ Anthony de Mello My friend Anil Malhotra once told me, "The most effective way to destroy future generations is to take away from them the need to work. Provide for them only rental income from property or interest income on financial investments, and they will slowly and surely decay and be destroyed". He is right. Its plain to witness that  the families that have eliminated the need to work, have by the third generation been mostly ruined. "Work saves us from three great evils: Boredom, Vice and Need." ~ Voltaire Why look only at families? Countries and societies too are like families. Many countries whose leadership have adopted policies of the Welfare state  are suffering from this fate. The people and the countries are sl...

I love statesmen for they demonstrate the better qualities in people. Unfortunately statesmen are an almost extinct species. On the other hand, I detest politics because the conduct of politicians often brings out the worst in people. Yet it is undeniable the entertainment value politicians provide to the public, often at great cost to our sanity, loss of wealth, destruction of our environment and generation of a lot of  chaos in society. Yet every fiasco and blunder, of which there are many   by our politicians and the government lie powerful and important lessons for individuals and organisations on how not to do things. Driven by control rather than contribution, politicians and governments rarely get things right and can always be trusted to botch things up. The billion rupee question is ' How do they not only survive but thrive, in spite of their sheer incompetence and duplicity?' I believe the right answer would be, 'They resort to the...