Ghachar Ghochar

by Vivek Shanbhag

Words after all are nothing by themselves. They burst into meaning only in the minds they’ve entered.

Words after all are nothing by themselves. They burst into meaning only in the minds they’ve entered.

wealth shouldn’t strike suddenly like a visitation, but instead grow gradually like a tree.

we simply did not desire what we couldn’t afford. When you have no choice, you have no discontent either.

We consulted each other when money was to be spent, gave precise accounts. We thought of the family as being interdependent: a person who spent money was also taking it away from the others. All that changed overnight. There was enough now to buy things without asking for permission or informing anyone or even thinking about it.

In retrospect, many of the new objects had no place in our daily lives. Our relationship with the things we accumulated around us became casual; we began treating them carelessly.

it’s not we who control money, it’s the money that controls us. When there’s only a little, it behaves meekly; when it grows, it becomes brash and has its way with us.

it’s not we who control money, it’s the money that controls us. When there’s only a little, it behaves meekly; when it grows, it becomes brash and has its way with us.’