THE ROSE GARDEN

STORY-OF-THE-WEEK

THE ROSE GARDEN


Spring had brought new life to this beautiful rose garden. Each bush was
abloom with roses of different hues, shapes and sizes. The roses on three
of the bushes got talking.

The roses on the first bush were blood red in colour. The second bush had
roses in yellow with pink streaks, but their unique selling point was their
shape. Each one of them was exquisitely formed. Each fold and each petal
was a sculpted masterpiece. The third bush had soft light pink roses known
as desi-gulab or wild roses. They were not at all pretty to look at, but
they were extremely fragrant.
The red roses said, "We wish we could be given to a beloved, for red roses
are the ultimate expression of love."
The roses on the second bush said, "We are so perfect, we should be
displayed for people to see and admire."
The roses on the third bush said softly, "We hope to be able to spread our
fragrance to more and more people."
The next day, the gardener came and cut the rose stalks. He sent them to a
florist.

The red roses were bought by a rich old lady who passed them on to an
expert garland stringer. The garland stringer chopped off the stalks and
leaves. She strung the roses into an exquisite garland, adding some
asparagus ferns and silver strings. Two beautiful garlands were made and
delivered to the rich old lady. She offered them with devotion to Radha and
Krishna at the temple. The red roses were happy for they had been used by
the lady as an offering of love, to none other than Radha-Krishna the
proverbial lovers. Many devotees saw the exquisite garlands and wowed at
them. The red roses swelled with vanity. The next day the priest removed
the garlands from the deities and cast them away in a corner of the temple.
The red roses cried, "Oh Krishna! Oh Radha! We are sorry for being vain. We
were too caught up in pride to enjoy our closeness with you. Please Lord!
Give us another chance to serve you. Please do not caste us away." The
roses beseeched the Lord, but no one came forward to listen to their cries.

Meanwhile the perfect yellow roses were bought by an interior decorator and
were used to design an enormous flower arrangement along with various types
of greens. The entire set up was placed on the centre table of the entrance
of a hotel. The roses were proud for they were the centre of attraction for
all to see. Busy executives rushed past, holding their cell phones, deep in
conversation. Others hurried past, glancing at their expensive wrist
watches and talking sixteen miles to a dozen. The yellow roses preened and
smiled, but only a few people had time to stop by and admire their
perfection.

Let us pause for a moment to look into the fate of the little pink roses.
That bunch was left sitting in the shop of the florist for days, for no one
seemed to want to buy them. Eventually the florist gave them away for free
to the girl who worked in the shop. The roses wept for they felt dejected
and useless. They were almost beginning to rot and their dreams of giving
fragrance to people seemed to be quite impossible to realize. The girl took
the roses home and gave them to her mother. The mother shook off all the
petals into a huge basin of water. The petals lay immersed in the water for
days. They added some powder to the water now and then so that it would not
start stinking due to stagnation. Some days later she carefully removed the
petals and pure rose water was left behind! She bottled the rose water and
gave it to the priest in the temple. The priest used the fragrant rose
water to wash the feet of the Lord and also to sprinkle on devotees to
shower blessings on them. The roses were so happy that they literally wept
in devotion!

In the corner of the temple the repentance of the proud red roses had
finally touched the heart of the Lord. A man saw the wilting red garlands.
He picked them up and put them in the sun to dry along with many other
flowers that had been laid out for drying. When the flowers were totally
dry, they were crushed to a fine powder and some glue like substance and
some oils were added to them. A group of young workers were deputed to
hand roll the mixture onto fine sticks. Aggarbattis were made! They were
used in the temple to sanctify the area with their aroma. The red roses'
vanity was burnt away and they were reduced to nothing, but they were
happy!

What about the perfect yellow roses? They spent all their life waiting for
recognition and admiration. Eventually they wilted and the hotel cleaner
dumped them into the garbage along with the rotting peels of vegetables,
egg shells and chicken bones. Even their cries could be heard by no one.

Here is some food for thought. The end that you eventually meet with
depends upon the road you choose to take for the journey. The red roses
suffered a setback to their vanity but made up for it because they soon
realised their folly. The wild roses were focussed right from day one,
whereas the yellow roses thought about nothing, but the physical and the
mundane. Find your focus, that is of utmost importance. Perhaps you could
identify with either of the roses and in case you are on the wrong track,
this could just be the right time for you to change your track. Do you want
to end up giving fragrance to the world or do you want to end up in a
dustbin? The choice is yours!

When you came into this world, you were crying and all those around you
were smiling. Live your life such that when you are to go, you are smiling
and others are crying.


HAPPY KRISHNA JANAMASHTAMI!

SANJAY TANDON
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futures contract

A standardized, transferable, exchange-traded contract that requires
delivery of a commodity, bond, currency, or stock index, at a specified
price, on a specified future date. Unlike options, futures convey an
obligation to buy. The risk to the holder is unlimited, and because the
payoff pattern is symmetrical, the risk to the seller is unlimited as well.
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exchange of goods, futures contracts can be closed. Hedgers often trade
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DUMPING

Term of the Day
For Monday, August 25, 2008
dumping
Definition
Exporting goods at prices lower than the home-market prices. In
price-to-price dumping, the exporter uses higher home-prices to supplement
the reduced revenue from lower export prices. In price-cost dumping, the
exporter is subsidized by the local government with duty drawbacks, cash
incentives, etc. Dumping is legal under GATT (now WTO) rules unless its
injurious effect on the importing country's producers can be established.
If injury is established, GATT rules allow imposition of anti-dumping duty
equal to the difference between the exporter's home-market price and the
importer's FOB price.
dumping is in the Banking, Commerce & Finance, Customs Documentation &
Procedures, Economics, Politics, & Society and International Trade &
Relations subjects.
dumping appears in the definitions of the following terms: dual pricing,
exporter's sale price, endangerment assessment, constructed value and
release.
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