The symbolic significance of trees and vegetation in religious life, including the framework of the sacred, has been common to every civilisation. It has been used in all possible forms, be it “marriage,” cosmology, myth, theology, ritual, iconography, or folklore.

Raju was visibly agitated. He opened his purse and showed the coconut vendor the compartments. “If you think I am lying, see this…” The lady returned his impulsiveness with equal gusto. She started yelling, “I swear by Jesus Christ that I have returned your money.”

Einstein, da Vinci, Thomas Edison, and many modern achievers, including entrepreneurs, have sought silence, and retreated into a world of adventure, fantasies, and dreams, in order to allow themselves to live their dreams, and also lead a blessed life.

Somewhere far away, across the North Sea, a grey tomcat with white paws is now having his siesta, all curled up on a sofa, between an old man watching a soccer match on TV and an old woman reading the newspaper.

In the course of “Compassionate Capitalism,” a book you ought to read, at a library closest to you, Rich DeVos spells out clearly and eloquently the guiding principles and practical steps to take and make your life, and your world, better. Besides, he also shows how your energy, ambition and spirit of enterprise can travel together down the passageway — a path full of light and hope — in which the spirit of capitalism and moral values merge into one splendid whole.

Music has been a chronological hit extravaganza for aeons — from Vedic times, early history, the eras of Pythagoras, Plato, mediaeval times, the age of Sri Thyagaraja, and our present point in time, the epoch of hi-tech glitz.