How much land does a man need?
It is a story we read in our school life. It was an interesting story for teenagers and I believe most of the people of our age must have read it in the Rapid Reader. However, for the information of others who have not read it, very briefly I put here the gist. The story went like thi-- a rich man having huge landed property wanted to help his onetime friend, who was very poor. One day he called his poor friend and told him that he would give as much land as he could circle around by running from sunrise to sunset. Accordingly, on a fine morning, in presence of some witnesses, the poor friend started running from a fixed point to circle as much area as he could circle by sunset. From the very onset, the man started running as fast as he could covering more and more better lands he found to bring into his fold. He totally forgot that he would have to return before the sun is set. The greed overtook him and failed to notice that the sun was gradually setting on the West. His only concentration was covering more and more better land he found on his way. While little time was remaining for the Sun to set he was standing far away from the starting point and out of reach. Sensing this difficult situation he increased his speed at the top of his capacity. He used all his physical powers to return to the starting point before sunset but all in vain. Finally, while he was just a few yards away from the touching point he fell down on the ground and died of exhaustion. The rest of the story need not be mentioned here.
The above story is cited here to our politicians to ask, “HOW MUCH MONEY DO THEY NEED?” The ACC has made yet another charge-sheet against a former prime minister for embezzlement of money of an ORPHANAGE made and run by herself.
Her ministers took money to save a killer, one bought about 132 flats in Dhaka, one sold government houses at cheaper rates to his friends, barrister ministers have been jailed for keeping illegal arms and alcohol. There was no end to the lust for money. My question is how much do they need now?
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