{"id":19473,"date":"2012-12-12T07:54:27","date_gmt":"2012-12-12T13:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drishtikone.com\/?p=19473"},"modified":"2012-12-12T07:54:27","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T13:54:27","slug":"curse-of-money-when-centrality-of-life-loses-out-to-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2012\/12\/curse-of-money-when-centrality-of-life-loses-out-to-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Curse of money when centrality of Life loses out to it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

We recently saw the headlines in India that have focused on the dramatic demise of two ultra rich brothers, Ponty and Hardeep Chadha, who made a fortune from their liquor and real estate businesses.\u00a0 In a moment of anger, both the brothers died in a matter of few minutes.\u00a0 The unbridled greed for getting more \u2026. and more, without scruples ostensibly led to disputes and both of them lost their lives in a mutual shootout in New Delhi.<\/p>\n

The lesson from this incident is not dramatic.\u00a0 Nor anything new.\u00a0 Across the world, the frantic quest to accumulate wealth, the \u201c More More \u201d syndrome, is the common denominator of human behavior.\u00a0 Instead of living a life, rich and powerful live a shallow and incomplete life.<\/p>\n

Let us look at one example to bring the message home.<\/p>\n

As a case in point, in 1923, nine of the wealthiest people in the world met at Chicago\u2019s Edgewater Beach Hotel. Their combined wealth, it was estimated, exceeded the wealth of the government of the United States at that time. These men certainly knew how to make a living and accumulate wealth.\u00a0 Right?<\/p>\n

Attending the meeting were the following men:<\/p>\n